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¹³人群中有一個人向耶穌說：「師傅，請吩咐我的兄弟與我分家罷！」

¹³And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴耶穌對他說：「人哪，誰立了我做你們的判官及分家人呢？」

¹⁴But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, or divider, over you?

¹⁵遂對他們說：「你們要謹慎，躲避一切貪婪，因為一個人縱然富裕，他的生命並不在於他的資產。」

¹⁵And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

¹⁶耶穌對他們設了一個比喻說：「有一個富人，他的田地出產豐富。

¹⁶And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.

¹⁷他心裡想道：我可怎麼辦呢？因為我已沒有地方收藏我的物產。

¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

¹⁸他遂說：我要這樣做：我要拆毀我的倉房，另建更大的，好在那裡收藏我的一切穀類及財物。

¹⁸And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods.

¹⁹以後，我要對我的靈魂說：靈魂哪！你存有大量的財物，足夠多年之用，你休息罷！吃喝宴樂罷！

¹⁹And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.

²⁰天主卻給他說：糊塗人哪！今夜就要索回你的靈魂，你所備置的，將歸誰呢？

²⁰But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

²¹那為自己厚積財產而不在天主前致富的，也是如此。」

²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.