Luke 12:17. What shall I do? He does not appear as a grasping speculator, but as one whom wealth, by a very natural process, made discontented, anxious, and perplexed. The proper answer to his question is found in Luke 12:33. But this prosperous man says, ‘my fruits,' not God's gifts; that too when the increase was due to God's Providence. This feeling is as sinful in its way as recognized crimes.

Luke 12:18. This will I do, etc. He proposed to do just what every man of ordinary business sagacity would do. He was not a ‘fool,' from a commercial point of view. He represents the great mass of successful men.

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Old Testament