Luke 12:18
“And he said, This will I doe, I will pull downe my barnes, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods.”
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Luke 12:18 Context
16And he spake a parable vnto them, saying, The ground of a certaine rich man brought foorth plentifully. 17And he thought within himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roome where to bestow my fruits? 18And he said, This will I doe, I will pull downe my barnes, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods. 19And I will say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods layd vp for many yeeres, take thine ease, eate, drinke, and be merry. 20But God said vnto him, Thou foole, this night thy soule shal be required of thee: then whose shal those things be which thou hast prouided?
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Other Translations for Luke 12:18
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.
- King James Version
"Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
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;
- Darby Bible
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I deposit all my fruits and my goods.
- Webster's Bible
And he said to himself, `This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;
- Weymouth Bible
He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
- World English Bible
And he seith, This thing Y schal do; Y schal throwe doun my bernes, and Y schal make gretter, and thidir Y schal gadir alle thingis that growen to me, and my goodis.
- Wycliffe Bible
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,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 12:18
Lu 12:18 There will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. In his enlarged storehouses. He will hoard his goods. Here was the beginning of his folly; to "hoard" his surplus instead of "using it" for the good of men.