Luke 12:18 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The man resolves to pull down his barns and build greater, gathering all his crops and goods into them.
What Does Luke 12:18 Mean?
His deliberation ends in a building program: demolish, enlarge, consolidate. Listen to the pronouns pile up across these verses — my fruits, my barns, my goods — a small kingdom with a population of one. The plan is competent, energetic, and entirely closed in on itself.
Bigger barns are not sinful in themselves; Proverbs praises foresight and storage. What condemns this plan is its horizon. Every grain curves back toward the self — no offering, no generosity, no thought of a tomorrow beyond his own ease. Wealth that only circles its owner becomes a wall, and the man is building for a future that was never his to schedule.
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What does Luke 12:18 mean?
The man resolves to pull down his barns and build greater, gathering all his crops and goods into them.