Luke 12:4-21

⁴And I say to you my friends, Fear not those who kill the body, and after this can do nothing more.

⁵But I will warn you whom to fear; fear him who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him.

⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and not one of them is forgotten before God.

⁷But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁸And I say to you, Every one that acknowledgeth me before men, him will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God.

⁹But he that hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

¹⁰And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but to him that hath blasphemed against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

¹¹And when they bring you to the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, be not anxious as to how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

¹²for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

¹³And one from the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.

¹⁶And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crops.

¹⁸And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods;

¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

²⁰But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?

²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.