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Luke 12:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Luke 12:18

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16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

17 He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

18 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.

19 I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

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Luke 12:1

"Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."

Luke 12:2

"But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known."

Luke 12:3

"Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops."

Luke 12:4

"“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do."

Luke 12:5

"But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him."

Luke 12:6

"“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God."

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