Luke 12:16-21

16 And he told them a parable, saying, ¹"The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

17 and he thought to himself, ²'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 ³barns 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 ⁴for many years; relax, ⁵eat, drink, be merry.'

20 But God said to him, ⁶'Fool! ⁷This night ⁸your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ⁹whose will they be?'

21 So is the one ¹⁰who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

Cross References

• 1. [Psalms 49:16-20]
• 2. [Ecclesiastes 5:10]
• 3. ver. 24
• 4. [Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13-15]
• 5. Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 11:9; 1 Corinthians 15:32; [Luke 15:23]
• 6. Jeremiah 17:11; [Matthew 16:26]
• 7. [See ver. 19 above]
• 8. Job 27:8
• 9. Psalms 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Ecclesiastes 2:18, 21]
• 10. Matthew 6:19, 20