012:013 Just then a man in the crowd appealed to Him. "Rabbi," he said,
"tell my brother to give me a share of the inheritance."
012:014 "Man," He replied, "who has constituted me a judge or
arbitrator over you?"
012:015 And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard
against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in
the superabundance of his possessions."
012:016 And He spoke a parable to them. "A certain rich man's lands,"
He said, "yielded abundant crops,
012:017 and he debated within himself, saying, "`What am I to do?
for I have no place in which to store my crops.'
012:018 "And he said to himself, "`This is what I will do:
I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them
I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;
012:019 and I will say to my life, "`Life, you have ample possessions
laid up for many years to come: take your ease,
eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'
012:020 "But God said to him, "`Foolish man, this night your life
is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom
shall they be?'
012:021 "So is it with him who amasses treasure for himself, but has
no riches in God."
012:022 Then turning to His disciples He said, "For this reason
I say to you, `Dismiss all anxious care for your lives,
inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you
are to put on.'
012:023 For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater
gift than clothing.
012:024 Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have
neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them.