15 Disse ao povo: Olhai e guardai-vos de toda a avareza, porque a vida de um homem não consiste na abundância das coisas que possui.

16 Então lhes expôs uma parábola, dizendo: As terras de um homem rico produziram muito fruto.

17 Ele discorria consigo: Que hei de fazer, pois não tenho onde recolher os meus frutos?

18 Disse: Farei isto; derribarei os meus celeiros e os construirei maiores, e aí guardarei toda a colheita e os meus bens;

19 e direi à minha alma: Minha alma, tens muitos bens em depósito para largos anos; descansa, come, bebe, regala-te.

20 Mas Deus disse-lhe: Insensato, esta noite te exigirão a tua alma; e as coisas que ajuntaste, para quem serão?

21 Assim é aquele que entesoura para si, e não é rico para com Deus.

15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.