Luke 12
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Luke 12:13-22

13Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?”

15Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

17so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

19And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

22Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

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