13 Then someone in the crowd said, “Teacher, tell my brother to give me a share of our father’s estate.”

14 “Man,” Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) responded, “who said that I’m the judge or arbitrator over you all?” 15 Then he told them, “Keep alert to avoid all greediness, because a person’s life is not about gaining lots of possessions.”

16 Then he told them all this parable, “One time a rich man’s farm produced a really good harvest. 17 So he started figuring out what to do, ‘What should I do? I don’t have anywhere to store my harvest.’ 18 ‘Ah,’ he said, ‘I know what I’ll do. I’ll knock down my barns and build bigger ones, and then I’ll store all my grain and other produce in there. 19 Then I’ll be able to tell my soul: Soul, you’ve got enough good things now to be able to relax for many years of resting, eating, drinking, and being happy.’ 20 But God said to him, ‘How foolish! Tonight I’ll be demanding your soul and then who will everything you stored up go to?’

21 “So that’s the end of someone who accumulated so much for himself, but wasn’t rich in God’s eyes.”