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13 Now someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me!"
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Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"
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Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15 And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not [even] when someone has an abundance {does} his life [consist] of his possessions."
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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.”
16 And he told a parable to them, saying, "The land of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
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And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
17 And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'
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He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather in there all my grain and possessions.
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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 my surplus grain.
19 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '
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And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
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“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?’
21 So [is] the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!"
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“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
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