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13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family 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, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or 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, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of 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 Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly.
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And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
17 And he thought to himself, "What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'
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He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 Then he said, "I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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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 ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
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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, "You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things 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 it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are 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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