Luke 12:12–21

¹²for ^athe Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

Covetousness Denounced

¹³Someone ¹in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”

¹⁴But He said to him, “^aMan, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵Then He said to them, “^aBeware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

¹⁶And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.

¹⁷“And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

¹⁸“Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: 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, ^ayou have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.” ’

²⁰“But God said to him, ‘^aYou fool! This very night ^1byour soul is required of you; and ^cnow who will own what you have prepared?’

²¹“So is the man who ^astores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”