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The Book of Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 13

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12
‹For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.›
King James Version
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
American Standard Version
And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.
New English Translation
So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
World English Bible
One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14
And he said unto him, ‹Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?›
15
And he said unto them, ‹Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.›
16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:›
17
‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?›
18
‹And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.›
19
‹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,› [and] ‹be merry.›
20
‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›
21
‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›
22
And he said unto his disciples, ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.›
23
‹The life is more than meat, and the body› [is more] ‹than raiment.›