Luke 12:18

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

World English Bible

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

17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

19I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’

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Cross References

Luke 12:21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 18:6The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.

James 4:15For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both 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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