18"Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.


In Context

15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

16 And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.

17 He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'

18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '

20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

Luke 12:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:18And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:18And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:18And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18And 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my corn and my goods.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18He 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:18and 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:18And 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.