Bible verse

Luke 12:21

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:21 · BSB

Luke 12:21 in context

The verses around it, from Luke 12.

17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure 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 life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

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Luke 12:21 in other translations

KJV

So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

ASV

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

ERV

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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