14. But he said to him, "Man, who has appointed me as judge or arbitrator over you?"
15. So he said to them: "Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person's life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses."
16. Then he spoke to them using a comparison, saying: "The fertile land of a certain wealthy man produced crops.
17. And he thought within himself, saying: 'What should I do? For I have nowhere to gather together my crops.'
18. And he said: 'This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build larger ones. And into these, I will gather all the things that have been grown for me, as well as my goods.
19. And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods, stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, and be cheerful.'
20. But God said to him: 'Foolish one, this very night they require your soul of you. To whom, then, will those things belong, which you have prepared?'
21. So it is with him who stores up for himself, and is not wealthy with God."
22. And he said to his disciples: "And so I say to you: Do not choose to be anxious about your life, as to what you may eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear.
23. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
24. Consider the ravens. For they neither sow nor reap; there is no storehouse or barn for them. And yet God pastures them. How much more are you, compared to them?
25. But which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
26. Therefore, if you are not capable, in what is so little, why be anxious about the rest?