Luke 12:20-36

²⁰But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Your life will be demanded back this very night, and then who will get everything you've stored up?’

²¹This is what happens to people who hoard up wealth for themselves but are not rich as far as God is concerned.”

²²Jesus told his disciples, “That's why I tell you don't worry about life, about what to eat, or about what clothes you should wear.

²³Life is about more than food, and the body is about more than wearing clothes.

²⁴Look at the ravens. They don't sow or reap, they don't have any storerooms or barns, but God feeds them. And you're far more valuable than birds!

²⁵Can you add an hour to your life by worrying about it?

²⁶If you can't do anything about such small things, why worry about the rest?

²⁷Think of the lilies and how they grow. They don't work, and they don't spin thread for clothes, but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was as beautifully dressed as one of them.

²⁸So if God clothes the fields with such beautiful flowers, which are here today but gone tomorrow when they are burned in a fire to heat an oven, how much more will God clothe you, you who have so little trust!

²⁹Don't be concerned about what you're going to eat or drink—don't worry about it.

³⁰These are all things that people in the world worry about, but your Father knows you need them.

³¹Search for God's kingdom, and you'll be given these things as well.

³²Don't be afraid, little flock, for your Father is happy to give you the kingdom.

³³Sell what you have, and give the money to the poor. Get yourselves purses that don't wear out: treasure in heaven that will never run out, where no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.

³⁴For what you value the most shows who you really are.

³⁵Be dressed and ready, and keep your lamps lit,

³⁶like servants waiting for their master when he returns from his wedding feast, prepared to open the door quickly for him when he comes and knocks.