Luke 12:18

And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my storehouses, and build them larger; and there will I store up all my corn and my good things:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 considered with himself, and said: What shall I do; for I have not where I can store up my produce?

19and I will say to my soul: My soul, thou hast good things in abundance, which are stored up for many years; take thy ease; eat, drink, and live in pleasure.

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Cross References

Luke 12:21Such is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God.

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

James 4:15Whereas they should say: If the Lord please, 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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