Luke 12:18

He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all of my grain and other goods.

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In The King James Version

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

In Context

17and he reasoned with himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have a place to store my crops?'

19I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods stored up for many years. Rest easy, eat, drink, be merry.”'

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Cross References

Luke 12:21That is what someone is like who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 18:6Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

James 4:15Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.”

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:14-22

Worldly-mindedness Exposed. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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