9. But if you reject me, you will be rejected in front of them.
10. If you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven, but if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you cannot be forgiven.
11. When you are brought to trial in the Jewish meeting places or before rulers or officials, don't worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say.
12. At that time the Holy Spirit will tell you what to say.
13. A man in a crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of what our father left us when he died.”
14. Jesus answered, “Who gave me the right to settle arguments between you and your brother?”
15. Then he said to the crowd, “Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe.”
16. So Jesus told them this story:A rich man's farm produced a big crop,
17. and he said to himself, “What can I do? I don't have a place large enough to store everything.”
18. Later, he said, “Now I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I can store all my grain and other goods.