¹³And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, ‘Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.’ ¹⁴And he said to him, ‘Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?’ ¹⁵And he said unto them, ‘Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one’s goods is his life.’ ¹⁶And he spake a simile unto them, saying, ‘Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well; ¹⁷and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits? ¹⁸and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things, ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

²⁰‘And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare—to whom shall they be? ²¹so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.’

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