Rich Man Who Stored Riches for Himself

Luke 12:16. And He told them a Parable, saying, “The field of some rich man was fruitful. 17. And he was deliberating with himself saying, ‘What will I do, because I do not have a place where I could gather my fruit?’ 18. Then he said, ‘I shall do this, I shall take down my storehouses and I shall build bigger. Then I will gather there all the wheat and all my goods 19. and I will say to my very being, “Self, you have many good possessions being stored up for many years to come: you must continually rest, you must right now eat, drink, enjoy yourself.”’ 20. Then God said to him, ‘Foolish man, on this night they are demanding back your life from you: but what you have prepared, to whom will it be given?’ 21. This is how it will be for the one who stores up for himself and does not store up riches in God.”

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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.