Luke 12:16-26

English Standard Version

¹⁶ And he told them a parable, saying, ^(A)“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, ¹⁷ and he thought to himself, ^(B)‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ ¹⁸ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ^(C)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, you have ample goods laid up ^(D)for many years; relax, ^(E)eat, drink, be merry.”’ ²⁰ But God said to him, ^(F)‘Fool! ^(G)This night ^(H)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ^(I)whose will they be?’ ²¹ So is the one ^(J)who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Do Not Be Anxious

²² And he said to his disciples, ^(K)“Therefore I tell you, ^(L)do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. ²³ For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. ^24 (M)Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. ^(N)Of how much more value are you than the birds! ²⁵ And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his ^(O)span of life?^{[a] 26} If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?