13Someone in the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. 14Jesus replied, Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you? 15Then he said to them, Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions. 16And he told them this parable: The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' 18Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19And I'll say to myself, You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.' 20But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 21This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.

43It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister The Greek word for [brother or sister] ([adelphos]) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verse 23. Some manuscripts [brother or sister without cause] will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca,' An Aramaic term of contempt is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.

3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,

17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.