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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
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And he thought to himself, "What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'
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Then he said, "I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
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But God said to him, "You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
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So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."
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