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Luke 12:18

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.

KJV

καὶ εἶπεν· τοῦτο ποιήσω· καθελῶ μου τὰς ἀποθήκας καὶ μείζονας οἰκοδομήσω, καὶ συνάξω ἐκεῖ πάντα τὰ γενήματά μου καὶ τὰ ἀγαθά μου,

Greek NT

Et dixit : Hoc faciam : destruam horrea mea, et majora faciam : et illuc congregabo omnia quæ nata sunt mihi, et bona mea,

Vulgate

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.

ASV

And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me and my goods.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γέννημα
gennema
noun · 9×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθαιρέω
kathaireo
verb · 9×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οἰκοδομέω
oikodomeo
verb · 41×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
συνάγω
sunago
verb · 59×
ἀγαθός
agathos
adjective · 102×
ἀποθήκη
apotheke
noun · 6×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκεῖ
ekei
adverb · 94×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τὸν σῖτον | WH/Treg/NIV: τὸν σῖτον | RP: τὰ γενήματά μου
  • τὸν σῖτονSBLGNT
  • τὸν σῖτονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὰ γενήματά μουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 28:8 — The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Eccl 10:2 — A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
  • Jas 3:15 — This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
  • Jas 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 18:4 — And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
  • Luke 18:6 — And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
  • Ps 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 treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of