Luke 12:7-23
English Standard Version
8"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,
9but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,
12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."
13Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"
15And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one 's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
16And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
17and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
18And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry."’
20But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
21So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
