Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.”
¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or divider over you?”
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.”
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?’
<sup>18</sup> 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.”