18. Then he thought, Here’s what I’ll do. I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. That’s where I’ll store all my grain and goods.
19. I’ll say to myself, You have stored up plenty of goods, enough for several years. Take it easy! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.
20. But God said to him, ‘Fool, tonight you will die. Now who will get the things you have prepared for yourself?’
21. This is the way it will be for those who hoard things for themselves and aren’t rich toward God."
22. Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
23. There is more to life than food and more to the body than clothing.
24. Consider the ravens: they neither plant nor harvest, they have no silo or barn, yet God feeds them. You are worth so much more than birds!
25. Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life?
26. If you can’t do such a small thing, why worry about the rest?
27. Notice how the lilies grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. But I say to you that even Solomon in all his splendor wasn’t dressed like one of these.
28. If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it’s alive today and tomorrow it’s thrown into the furnace, how much more will God do for you, you people of weak faith!
29. Don’t chase after what you will eat and what you will drink. Stop worrying.
30. All the nations of the world long for these things. Your Father knows that you need them.
31. Instead, desire his kingdom and these things will be given to you as well.
32. “Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights in giving you the kingdom.
33. Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Make for yourselves wallets that don’t wear out—a treasure in heaven that never runs out. No thief comes near there, and no moth destroys.
34. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be too.
35. "Be dressed for service and keep your lamps lit.