Luke 12:19 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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?

Luke 12:21 so <FI>is<Fi> he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "soul", "thou", "hast", "good", "things", "laid", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "soul" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "and he said This I will do..." into verse 20's "And God said to him Unthinking one...", so "soul" and "thou" 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 "soul" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.