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Luke 12:18 KJV
Luke · chapter 12 · verse 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.Luke 12:18 · King James Version
Luke 12:18 in context
16And 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- greatermeizōngreater, larger, elder, strongerG3187 →
- bestowsynagōto gather together, to gather, to draw together, collect, of fishes, of a net in which…G4863 →
- fruitsgennēmathat which has been born or begotten, the offspring or progeny of men or animals, the…G1081 →
- barnsapothēkēa place in which anything is laid by or up, a storehouse, granaryG596 →
- buildoikodomeōto build a house, erect a building, to build , to restore by building, to rebuild…G3618 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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We have in these verses, I. The application that was made to Christ, very unseasonably, by one of his hearers, desiring him to interpose between him and his brother in a matter that concerned the estate of the family (Luk 12:13): "Master, speak to my brother; speak as a prophet, speak as a king, speak with authority;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21