Luke 12:18 (WEB)

Passage

He 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.

Nearby Context

Luke 12:16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

Luke 12:17 He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

Luke 12:18 He 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.

Luke 12:19 I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’

Luke 12:20 “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?’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "pull", "down", "barns", "build", "bigger", "ones", and "store". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "pull", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "He reasoned within himself saying What will..." into verse 19's "I will tell my soul Soul you...", so "said" and "pull" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "pull" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.