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19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up, [enough] for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself merrily.

20 But God said to him, You fool! This very night [a] they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be?(A)

21 So it is with the one who continues to lay up and hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares].

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies: “The indefiniteness is impressive.”

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