Luke 12:13–24 · BSB
12:13
Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
12:14
But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
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12:15
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
12:16
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
12:17
So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
12:18
Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
12:19
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
12:22
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
12:23
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
12:24
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
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