Luke 12:13-21

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹³ Someone from the crowd said to Him, Master, order my brother to divide the inheritance and share it with me.

¹⁴ But He told him, Man, who has appointed Me a judge or umpire and divider over you?

¹⁵ And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man’s life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing ^[a]overflowing abundance or that which is ^[b]over and above his needs.

¹⁶ Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile and yielded plentifully.

¹⁷ And he considered and debated within himself, What shall I do? I have no place [in which] to gather together my harvest.

¹⁸ And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all ^[c]my grain or produce and my goods.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up, [enough] for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself merrily.

²⁰ But God said to him, You fool! This very night ^[d] they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be?^(A)

²¹ So it is with the one who continues to lay up and hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares].