to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
This
τοῦτοtoûto
G5124
that thing
will I do
ποιήσω·poiēsō
G4160
to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — future active indicative, 1st person singular
I will pull down
καθελῶkathelō
G2507
to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figu… · verb — second future active indicative, 1st person singular
my
μοῦmoû
G3450
of me
barns
ἀποθήκαςapothēkas
G596
a repository · noun — accusative plural feminine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
build
οἰκοδομήσωoikodomēsō
G3618
to be a house-builder · verb — future active indicative, 1st person singular
greater
μείζοναςmeizonas
G3173
big (literally or figuratively · adjective — accusative plural feminine, comparative
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
there
ἐκεῖekei
G1563
there · adverb
will I bestow
συνάξωsunaxō
G4863
to lead together · verb — future active indicative, 1st person singular
all
πάνταpanta
G3956
all · adjective — accusative singular masculine
my
μοῦmoû
G3450
of me
fruits
γέννημαgénnēma
G1081
offspring
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
my
μοῦmoû
G3450
of me
goods
ἀγαθάagatha
G18
"good" (in any sense · noun — accusative plural neuter
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
James 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
James 4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Luke 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Luke 18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Psalms 17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid…
Luke 18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:13-21
We have in these verses,
I. The application that was made to Christ, very unseasonably, by one of his hearers, desiring him to interpose between him and his brother in a matter that concerned the estate of the family (Luk 12:13): "Master, speak to my brother; speak as a prophet, speak as a king, speak with authority; he is one that will have regard to what thou sayest; speak to him, that he divide the inheritance with me." Now, 1. Some think that his brother did him wrong, and that he appealed to Christ to right him, because he knew the law was costly. His brother was such a one as the Jews called Ben-hamesen - a son of violence, that took not only his own part of the estate, but his brother…
a certain rich man, &c.--Why is this man called a "fool?" (Luk 12:20) (1) Because he deemed a life of secure and abundant earthly enjoyment the summit of human felicity. (2) Because, possessing the means of this, through prosperity in his calling, he flattered himself that he had a long lease of such enjoyment, and nothing to do but give himself up to it. Nothing else is laid to his charge.
Adam Clarke on Luke 12:18
I will pull down, etc. - The rich are full of designs concerning this life, but in general take no thought about eternity till the time that their goods and their lives are both taken away.
John Gill on Luke 12:18
And he said, this will I do,.... This was the resolution he came to, and which he took up, without consulting God, or asking leave of him:
I will pull down my barns, and build greater; which was not a very wise one; for he might have let his present barns have stood, and have added new ones to them:
and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods; he ascribes the increase of his substance to himself, and reckons them his own acquisitions, and entirely owing to his diligence and industry; and therefore calls them my fruits, and my goods; and accounts them his good things, his only good things; as worldly men place all good and happiness in outward enjoyments, having no notion of spiritua…
The Church Fathers
Observe also in another respect the folly of his words, when he says, I will gather all my fruits, as if he thought that he had not obtained them from God, but that they were the fruits of his own labours. The rich man then builds barns which last not, but decay, and what is still more foolish, reckons for himself upon a long life; for it follows, And I will say unto my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. But, O rich man, thou hast indeed fruits in thy barns, but as for many years whence canst thou obtain them?
(ubi sup.) But if thou confessest that those things have come to thee from God, is God then unjust in distributing to us unequally. Why dost thou abound while another begs? unless that thou shouldest gain the rewards of a good stewardship, and be honoured with the meed of patience. Art not thou then a robber, for counting as thine own what thou hast received to distribute? It is the bread of the famished which thou receivest, the garment of the naked which rots in thy possession, the money of the pennyless which thou hast buried in the earth. Wherefore then dost thou injure so many to whom thou mightest be a benefactor.
(Hom. 8. in 2 ad Tim.) But in this he errs, that he thinks those things good which are indifferent. For there are some things good, some evil, some between the two. The good are chastity, and humility, and the like, which when a man chooses he becomes good. But opposed to these are the evil, which when a man chooses he becomes bad; and there are the neutral, as riches, which at one time indeed are directed to good, as to almsgiving, at other times to evil, as to covetousness. And in like manner poverty at one time leads to blasphemy, at another to wisdom, according to the disposition of the user.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession…
Barn — A storehouse (Deut. 28:8; Job 39:12; Hag. 2:19) for grain, which was usually under ground, although also sometimes above ground (Luke 12:18).
Closet — As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matt. 6:6; Luke 12:3).
Barn · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Happiness Of The Wicked, The · Illustrated — Illustrated
Parables · Rich fool — Rich fool
Presumption · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Rich, The · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Riches · Denunciations against those who: Folly and danger of trusting to — Illustrated — Denunciations against those who: Folly and danger of trusting to — Illustrated
Luke 12:13-21
Luke 12:13-21
13. And one out of the multitude said to him, Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. 14. And he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15. And he said to them, Take heed and beware of covetousness; for the life of any man does not consist in the abundance of those things which he possesseth. [261] 16. And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The field of a certain rich man yielded an abundant produce. 17. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have no place in which I can collect my fruits. 18. And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and will build larger ones, and there I will collect a…
On the surface, the rich man had a perfectly prudent plan, but the constant focus was on himself (cp. Eccl 5:10); he never considered giving crops to the needy. He assumed that his riches would last and only wanted a place to store them, without bringing God into the equation at all (Jas 4:13-17). His judgment was just.
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
