Luke 12:16-24

JuliaSmith(i) 16 And he spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man bore well: 17 And he calculated in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not where I shall collect together my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my stores, and build greater; and there will I collect all my produce and my good things. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be gladdened. 20 And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be? 21 So he treasuring up for himself, and not rich toward God. 22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Have no anxiety for your soul, what ye eat; nor for the body what ye put on. 23 The soul is more than food, and the body than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?