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Luke 12:13-21

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The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 1Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14 But he said to him, 2"Man, 3who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"
15 And he said to them, 4"Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
16 And he told them a parable, saying, 5"The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
17 and he thought to himself, 6'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'
18 And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my 7barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up 8for many years; relax, 9eat, drink, be merry.'
20 But God said to him, 10'Fool! 11This night 12your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, 13whose will they be?'
21 So is the one 14who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
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Cross References 14

  • 1. Luke 11:27
  • 2. Micah 6:8; Romans 2:1, 3; Romans 9:20
  • 3. [Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:27]
  • 4. 1 Timothy 6:6-11; [Hebrews 13:5]
  • 5. [Psalms 49:16-20]
  • 6. [Ecclesiastes 5:10]
  • 7. ver. 24
  • 8. [Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13-15]
  • 9. Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 11:9; 1 Corinthians 15:32; [Luke 15:23]
  • 10. Jeremiah 17:11; [Matthew 16:26]
  • 11. [See ver. 19 above]
  • 12. Job 27:8
  • 13. Psalms 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Ecclesiastes 2:18, 21]
  • 14. Matthew 6:19, 20
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.