{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/jb/jb19.htm","path":"bib/jb/jb19.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/jb/jb19.htm","text":"The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (the Jefferson Bible), by Thomas Jefferson, [1902]\nParable of the Rich Man.\nAND he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:\n2 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?\n3 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.\n4 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.\n5 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?\n6 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.","title":"The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (the Jefferson Bible): XV. Parable of the Rich Man","type":"page"}