Look at the birds of the sky: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Luke 12:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my produce and my goods. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain or produce and my goods. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then he thought, Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. That’s where I’ll store all my grain and goods. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: 'This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build larger ones. And into these, I will gather all the things that have been grown for me, as well as my goods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Look at the birds of the sky: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
So he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I do not have anywhere to store my crops?’
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, yoʋ have many goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
This is how it will be with anyone who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap; they have no storehouse or barn, yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than birds?
For a while he would not do so, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, let us live and do this or that.”