15 Jis pasakė jiems: "Žiūrėkite, saugokitės godumo, nes žmogaus gyvybė nepriklauso nuo jo turto gausos".

16 Jis pasakė jiems palyginimą: "Vieno turtingo žmogaus laukai davė gausų derlių.

17 Jis ėmė sau vienas svarstyti: ‘Ką man dabar daryti? Neturiu kur sukrauti derliaus’.

18 Pagaliau jis tarė: ‘Štai ką padarysiu: nugriausiu savo klojimus, statysiuos didesnius ir į juos sugabensiu visus javus ir visas gėrybes.

19 Tuomet sakysiu savo sielai: ‘Siela, tu turi daug gėrybių, sukrautų ilgiems metams. Ilsėkis, valgyk, gerk ir linksminkis!’

20 O Dievas jam tarė: ‘Kvaily, dar šiąnakt bus pareikalauta tavo sielos. Kam gi atiteks, ką susikrovei?’

21 Taip yra tam, kuris krauna turtus sau, bet nesirūpina tapti turtingas pas Dievą".

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 toward God."