| 13 |
Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." |
| 14 |
But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?" |
| 15 |
And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." |
| 16 |
And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, |
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and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' |
| 18 |
And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. |
| 19 |
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' |
| 20 |
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' |
| 21 |
So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God." |
| 22 |
And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. |
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For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. |
| 24 |
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! |
| 25 |
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? |
| 26 |
If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? |
| 27 |
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. |
| 28 |
But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! |
| 29 |
And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. |
| 30 |
For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. |
| 31 |
Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you. |
| 32 |
"Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. |
| 33 |
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. |
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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. |
