I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and
there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many
goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink,
and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this
night your soul shall be required of you: then whose
shall those things be, which you have provided?
21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and
is not rich toward God.
13 And one of the company said to him, Teacher, speak to my
brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he
said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of
covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance
of the things which he possesses.16 And he spoke a parable to
them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth
plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What
shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do:
22 And he said to his disciples, Take no thought for
your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you
shall put on. 23 The life is more than food, and the body is
more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither
sow nor reap; neither do they have a storehouse nor barn; and God
feeds them: how much more are you better than the fowls?
25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his
stature one cubit? 26 If you then be not able to do that
thing which is least, why do you take thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they
spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe
the grass, which is to day in the field, and tomorrow is cast into
the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
29 And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall
drink, neither be you of doubtful mind. 30 For all these
things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father
knows that you have need of these things. 31 But rather
seek you the Kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added
unto you. 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your
Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 33 Sell that
you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not
old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief
approaches, neither moth corrupts. 34 For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 Let your
loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And you
yourselves like men that wait for their lord, when he will return
from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open
unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the
lord when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that
he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to eat, and will
come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the
second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so,
blessed are those servants. 39 And this know, that if the
goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he
would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken
into. 40 Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man
comes at an hour when you think not. Luke 12:13-40