8. "I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before humans, the Human One will acknowledge before God’s angels.
9. But the one who rejects me before others will be rejected before God’s angels.
10. Anyone who speaks a word against the Human One will be forgiven, but whoever insults the Holy Spirit won’t be forgiven.
11. When they bring you before the synagogues, rulers, and authorities, don’t worry about how to defend yourself or what you should say.
12. The Holy Spirit will tell you at that very moment what you must say."
13. Someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14. Jesus said to him, "Man, who appointed me as judge or referee between you and your brother?"
15. Then Jesus said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourself against all kinds of greed. After all, one’s life isn’t determined by one’s possessions, even when someone is very wealthy."
16. Then he told them a parable: "A certain rich man’s land produced a bountiful crop.
17. He said to himself, What will I do? I have no place to store my harvest!
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?