What is greed? In the surrounding passages of Luke 11 and 12, Jesus warned people about worrying over their possessions. For Jesus, greed is not only love of money, but excessive anxiety about it. He lays out the reason our emotions are so powerfully controlled by our bank account—“a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” To “consist” of your possessions is to be defined by what you own and consume. The term describes a personal identity based on money. It refers to people