53 Rich Fool

The Parables of Jesus

53. Rich Fool Last Revised: 5/14/00
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12:16-21

16 Ei\pen de; parabolh;n pro;" aujtou;" levgwn,
jAnqrwvpou tino;" plousivou eujfovrhsen hJ cwvra. 17 kai; dielogivzeto ejn eJautw'/ levgwn, Tiv poihvsw, o&ti oujk e[cw pou' sunavxw tou;" karpouv" mou;
18 kai; ei\pen, Tou'to poihvsw, kaqelw' mou ta;" ajpoqhvka" kai; meivzona" oijkodomhvsw kai; sunavxw ejkei' pavnta to;n si'ton kai; ta; ajgaqav mou 19 kai; ejrw' th'/ yuch'/ mou, Yuchv, e[cei" polla; ajgaqa; keivmena eij" e[th pollav^. ajnapauvou, favge, pive, eujfraivnou. 20 ei\pen de; aujtw'/ oJ qeov", #Afrwn, tauvth/ th'/ nukti; th;n yuchvn sou ajpaitou'sin ajpo; sou'^. a& de; hJtoivmasa", tivni e[stai; 21 ou&tw" oJ qhsaurivzwn eJautw'/ kai; mh; eij" qeo;n ploutw'n.

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."