Jesus said to them, "Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. A man's life is not measured by the many things he owns."

Then Jesus used this story. "There was a rich man who had some land, which grew a good crop of food. The rich man thought to himself, 'What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.' Then he said, 'I know what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones! I will put all my grain and other goods together in my new barns. Then I can say to myself, I have enough good things stored to last for many years. Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!'

But God said to that man, 'Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?'"

"And that," said Jesus, "is how it is with people who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight."

Luke 12:15-21