Luke 12:15–21 · BSB
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.
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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.”
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