Luke 12:18-24

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁸ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, “Soul, ^(A)you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ ²⁰ But God said to him, ‘^(B)You fool! This very night ^[a](C)your soul is required of you; and ^(D)now who will own what you have prepared?’ ²¹ So is the man who ^(E)stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

²² And He said to His disciples, “^(F)For this reason I say to you, ^[b]do not worry about your ^[c]life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. ²³ For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. ²⁴ Consider the ^(G)ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor ^(H)barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!