Sinai LogoSinai

Luke 12:17

World English Bible

He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

Read all of Luke 12Open in the Sinai app

Luke 12:17 in other translations

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

Luke 12:17 · American Standard Version

Luke 12:17 in context

  1. 15He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
  2. 16He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
  3. 17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
  4. 18He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
  5. 19I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’