Luke 12:18

Easy To Read Version

Then the rich man said, ‘I know what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger barns! I will put all my wheat and good things together in my new barns.

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

Lord, use your power and remove\par bad people from the \{land of\} the living.\par

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or save food in barns. But your heavenly Father feeds those birds. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.

Luke 12:17

The rich man thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.’

Luke 12:19

Then I can say to myself, I have many good things stored. I have saved enough for many years. Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!’

Luke 12:21

“This is how it will be for the person that saves things only for himself. To God that person is not rich.”

Luke 12:24

Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest. Birds don’t save food in houses or barns. But God takes care of them. And you are worth much more than birds.

Luke 18:4

But the judge did not want to help the woman. After a long time, the judge thought to himself, ‘I don’t care about God. And I don’t care about what people think.

Luke 18:6

The Lord (Jesus) said, “Listen! \{There is meaning\} in what the bad judge said.

James 3:15

That kind of “wisdom” does not come from God. That “wisdom” comes from the world. It is not spiritual. It is from the devil.

James 4:13

Some of you say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to some city. We will stay there a year, do business, and make money.” Listen! Think about this:

James 4:15

So you should say, “If the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that.”