Luke 12:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 12:18 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 17:14from 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 12:21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
- Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
- Luke 18:6And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
- James 3:15Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
- James 4:15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
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