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- Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
- Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?"
- Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
- And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.
- He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'
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- "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
- And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '
- "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
- "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."
- Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
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- Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
- Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
- "Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
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- If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
- And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.
- For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
- "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
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- Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
- For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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