[12:13] A man in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us.”
[12:14] Jesus answered him, “Friend, who gave me the right to judge or to divide the property between you two?”
[12:15] And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be.”
[12:16] Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.
[12:17] He began to think to himself, ‘I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?
[12:18] This is what I will do,’ he told himself; ‘I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.
[12:19] Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’
[12:20] But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”
[12:21] And Jesus concluded, “This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight.”