The Rich Fool

(Lk 12:16-21)

Lu 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Lu 12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Lu 12:18 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.

Lu 12:19 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.

Lu 12:20 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?

Lu 12:21 So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.