17. so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
18. Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19. And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
20. But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21. So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
22. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
23. For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.
24. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
25. And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?
26. So if you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about the rest?
27. Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!