Luke 12:18 · KJV
“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.”
— Luke 12:18
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.
Luke 12 — Context
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18And 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.
19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.
20But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}
Cross References
James 3:15
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but {is} earthly, sensual, devilish. {sensual: or, natural}
James 4:15
For that ye {ought} to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Luke 12:21
So {is} he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Luke 18:6
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Psalms 17:14
From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}
Luke 18:4
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;