17And he reasoned within himself saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no place to store my crops?’
18Then he said: ‘This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my produce and my goods.
19And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and enjoy yourself!’
20But God said to him: ‘Stupid! This very night your life is being taken back from you; then who will get the things you have prepared?’
21Just like that is he who accumulates treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
22Then He said to His disciples: “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will wear.
23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. You are far more valuable than the birds!
25And who among you can add one cubit to his height by worrying?
26So if you cannot do even such a little thing, why worry about the rest?
27“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; I say to you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of these.
28So if God so clothes the grass that today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, how much more you, O little-faiths!
29Do not concentrate on what you may eat or what you may drink; do not be anxious.
30All these things really occupy the nations of the world, and your Father knows that you need them.
31Rather, concentrate on the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be provided for you.
32“Do not fear, little flock, because it pleased the Father to give you the Kingdom.
33Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make for yourselves ‘purses’ that will not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief cannot approach, nor a moth destroy.
34Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35“Let your waists be belted and your lamps burning,
Luke 12
Luke 12:17-35