Luke 12:17-27 (New International Version)
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He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'
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"Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '
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"But God said to him, 'You fool!1 This very night your life will be demanded from you.2 Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself ?'3
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"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."4
Do Not Worry
12:22-31pp -- Mt 6:25-33
22 Then 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. 23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.5 And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his lifea ? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? 27 "Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor6 was dressed like one of these.Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)
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