Luke 12:18
16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
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.
19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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;
- BLB
- And he said, ‘This I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build larger ones, and I will gather there all my grain and goods.
- ÅB
- Og han sa: Jo, dette vil jeg gjøre: Jeg vil rive mine lader ned og bygge dem større, og der vil jeg samle hele min avling og mitt gods;
- OTB
- Så sa han, ‘Her er hva jeg vil gjøre: Jeg vil rive ned låvene mine og bygge større, og der vil jeg lagre alt kornet og godene mine.
- B1930
- Og han sa: Jo, dette vil jeg gjøre: Jeg vil rive mine lader ned og bygge dem større, og der vil jeg samle hele min avling og mitt gods;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:15
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
Read in contextJames 4:15
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
Read in contextLuke 18:6
And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
Read in contextLuke 12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
Read in contextPsalms 17:14
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.
Read in contextLuke 18:4
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
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