The Parables of Jesus
53. Rich Fool
Revised Standard Version Last Revised: 5/14/00

Matthew	Mark	Luke
		12:16-21 16 And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; 17 and he thought to himself, `What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?  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.  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.'  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?  21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

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