18And 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.
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This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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 their substance to their babes.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-21)We have in these verses, I. The application that was made to Christ, very unseasonably, by one of his hearers, desiring him to interpose between him and his brother in a matter that concerned the estate of the family (Luke 12:13): “ Master, speak to my brother ; speak as a prophet, speak as a king, speak with authority; he is one that will have regard to what thou sayest; speak to him, that he div…
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