The Danger of Covetousness

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And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

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And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

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And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

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And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

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and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

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and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

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and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

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`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare--to whom shall they be?

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so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

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