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Luke 12:13 (NIV)

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Luke 12:14 (NIV)

Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”

Luke 12:15 (NIV)

Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Luke 12:16 (NIV)

And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

Luke 12:17 (NIV)

He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

Luke 12:18 (NIV)

Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.

Luke 12:19 (NIV)

And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink, and be merry.’

Luke 12:20 (NIV)

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 12:21 (NIV)

This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”