Luke 12:18 (YLT)

Passage

and 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,

Nearby Context

Luke 12:16 And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

Luke 12:17 and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

Luke 12:18 and 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,

Luke 12:19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

Luke 12:20 `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare--to whom shall they be?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "and he was reasoning within himself saying..." into verse 19's "and I will say to my soul...", so "said" and "take" 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 "take" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.