Luke 12:18 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

So he's like, 'I know what I'll do — I'll tear down these barns and build way bigger ones. Then I can store all my crops and everything I own in there.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

His solution to having too much stuff was just to get more storage space.

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