A moment in scripture
Luke 12:18
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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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The surrounding passage
- Luke 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
- Luke 12:17
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
- Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- Luke 12:20
But 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?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.