8. “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
9. but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
10. Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
12. for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
13. One of the multitude said to him, “Rabbi, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14. But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
15. He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
16. He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
17. He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
18. He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19. I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
20. “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
21. So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.”
22. He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
23. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.