Luke 12:18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and w…”

Luke 12:18

Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And he said, This wil I do, I wil pul downe my barnes, and builde greater, and therein will I gather all my fruites, and my goods.

Darby Translation

And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

Young's Literal Translation

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

Bible in Basic English

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

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Cross references

“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.”

James 3:15 James 4:15 Luke 12:21 Luke 18:6 Psalm 17:14 Luke 18:4

James 3:15 · BSB

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 4:15 · BSB

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

Luke 12:21 · BSB

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Luke 18:6 · BSB

And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.

Psalm 17:14 · BSB

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Luke 18:4 · BSB

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

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