Gospel (Luke, XII:16:-21):

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¹⁶ And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

¹⁷ And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

¹⁸ And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years;  relax, eat, drink, be merry.'

²⁰ But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things  you have prepared, whose will they be?'

²¹ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

²² And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.

²³ For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

²⁴ Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

²⁵ And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

²⁶ If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

²⁸ But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

²⁹ And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.

³⁰ For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

³¹ Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

³² "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.