12:13 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me."
12:14 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or divider over you?"
12:15 And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
12:16 And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully;
12:17 and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'
12:18 And 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.
12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.'
12:20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
12:21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
12:22 And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on.
12:23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
12:24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
12:25 And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life?
12:26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?
12:27 Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
12:28 But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!
12:29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind.
12:30 For all the nations of the world seek these things; and your Father knows that you need them.
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