Luke 12:18 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:18

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Gospel of Luke, 7.122 (397)

For he gathers wealth in vain who does not know how to use it: just like that person who, when the granaries were bursting with new harvests, was preparing receptacles for himself to collect the overflowing fruits, being ignorant of how to use them. For everything that belongs to the world remains in the world, and whatever is gathered together by heirs passes away from us; for those things are not ours, which we cannot take away with us.

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The Church Fathers2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 89 (444)

What does the rich man do, surrounded by a great supply of many blessings beyond all numbering? In distress and anxiety, he speaks the words of poverty. He says, "What should I do?" … He does not look to the future. He does not raise his eyes to God. He does not count it worth his while to gain for the mind those treasures that are above in heaven. He does not cherish love for the poor or desire the esteem it gains. He does not sympathize with suffering. It gives him no pain nor awakens his pity.

Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

(ubi sup.) But if thou confessest that those things have come to thee from God, is God then unjust in distributing to us unequally. Why dost thou abound while another begs? unless that thou shouldest gain the rewards of a good stewardship, and be honoured with the meed of patience. Art not thou then a robber, for counting as thine own what thou hast received to distribute? It is the bread of the famished which thou receivest, the garment of the naked which rots in thy possession, the money of the pennyless which thou hast buried in the earth.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will pull down, etc. - The rich are full of designs concerning this life, but in general take no thought about eternity till the time that their goods and their lives are both taken away.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The passage we have now read, affords a singular instance of man's readiness to bring the things of this world into the midst of his religion. We are told that a certain hearer of our Lord asked Him to assist him about his temporal affairs. "Master," he said, "speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me." He probably had some vague idea that Jesus was going to set up a kingdom in this world, and to reign upon earth. He resolves to make an early application about his own financial matters.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	he said;	G2036 →
τοῦτο	touto	This	G3778 →
ποιήσω·	poiēsō	will I do:	G4160 →
καθελῶ	kathelō	I will tear down	G2507 →
μου	mou	my	G3165 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
ἀποθήκας	apothēkas	barns	G596 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μείζονας	meizonas	greater	G3173 →
οἰκοδομήσω	oikodomēsō	will build	G3618 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συνάξω	sunaxō	will store up	G4863 →
ἐκεῖ	ekei	there	G1563 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
σῖτον	siton	grain	G4621 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἀγαθά	agatha	goods	G18 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 3:15
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
leads to
- James 3:17
  But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- James 1:17
  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
Through
James 4:15
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
leads to
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Hebrews 6:3
  And this we will do, if God permits.
- Lamentations 3:37
  Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Acts 18:21
  But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
Through
Luke 12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
leads to
- Matthew 6:19–20
  Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke