Luke 12:4-21

⁴And I say vnto you, my friendes, be not afraide of them that kill the bodie, and after that are not able to doe any more.

⁵But I wil forewarne you, who ye shall feare: feare him which after hee hath killed, hath power to cast into hell: yea, I say vnto you, him feare.

⁶Are not fiue sparowes bought for two farthings, and yet not one of them is forgotten before God?

⁷Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred: feare not therefore: yee are more of value then many sparowes.

⁸Also I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall confesse mee before men, him shall the Sonne of man confesse also before the Angels of God.

⁹But hee that shall denie mee before men, shall be denied before the Angels of God.

¹⁰And whosoeuer shall speake a woorde against the Sonne of man, it shall be forgiuen him: but vnto him, that shall blaspheme ye holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiuen.

¹¹And when they shall bring you vnto the Synagogues, and vnto the rulers and Princes, take no thought howe, or what thing ye shall answere, or what yee shall speake.

¹²For the holy Ghost shall teache you in the same houre, what yee ought to say.

¹³And one of the companie said vnto him, Master, bidde my brother deuide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴And he said vnto him, Man, who made me a iudge, or a deuider ouer you?

¹⁵Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

¹⁶And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

¹⁷Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

¹⁸And he said, This wil I do, I wil pul downe my barnes, and builde greater, and therein will I gather all my fruites, and my goods.

¹⁹And I wil say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods laide vp for many yeeres: liue at ease, eate, drinke and take thy pastime.

²⁰But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule from thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?

²¹So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.