Luke 12:20 (YLT)

Passage

`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?

Nearby Context

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.'

Luke 12:22 And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "unthinking", "night", "soul", "shall", "require", "thee", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "unthinking", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "and I will say to my soul..." into verse 21's "so FI is Fi he who is...", so "said" and "unthinking" 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 "unthinking" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.