Luke 12:18

And he said, This will I do: I will destroy my house of stores, and will build and enlarge it; and there will I collect all my provender and my good things:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 thought within himself, and said, What shall I do? for I have not where to collect my provisions.

19and I will say to my soul, My soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

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Cross References

Luke 12:21whose shall they be? So is he who layeth up to himself treasures, and towards Aloha is not rich.

Luke 18:6And our Lord said, Hear what saith the unrighteous judge.

James 4:15For instead they should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will 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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