19. and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’
20. But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’
21. Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.”
22. He said to [his] disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear.
23. For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.
24. Notice the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn, yet God feeds them. How much more important are you than birds!
25. Can any of you by worrying add a moment to your lifespan?
26. If even the smallest things are beyond your control, why are you anxious about the rest?
27. Notice how the flowers grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them.