Luk 12:13-21 | ESV | STEP | Someone in the crowd said to him , Teacher , tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me .

k[See ver. 19 above]

m Ps. 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Eccles. 2:18, 21]

Luke 12:13-21

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 ^aSomeone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, ^b“Man, ^cwho made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, ^d“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 And he told them a parable, saying, ^e“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ^f‘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 ^gbarns 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 ^hfor many years; relax, ⁱeat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ^j‘Fool! ^kThis night ^lyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ^mwhose will they be?’ 21 So is the one ⁿwho lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”