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  "source": "Luke",
  "pericope": "The Parable of the Rich Fool",
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”"
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      "v": 14,
      "text": "But he said to him,"
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      "text": "“Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”",
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "He said to them,"
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      "text": "“Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”",
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      "text": "He spoke a parable to them, saying,"
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      "v": 16,
      "text": "“The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.",
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      "text": "He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’",
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      "v": 18,
      "text": "He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.",
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      "v": 19,
      "text": "I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’",
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      "text": "“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’",
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      "text": "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”",
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me."
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      "v": 14,
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      "v": 14,
      "text": "And he said unto him,"
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      "v": 14,
      "text": "Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?",
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      "text": "And he said unto them,"
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      "text": "Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.",
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      "text": "And he spake a parable unto them, saying,"
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      "text": "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:",
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      "text": "And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?",
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      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 19,
      "text": "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.",
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      "v": 20,
      "text": "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?",
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      "v": 21,
      "text": "So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.",
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          "v": 63,
          "text": "Jesus said,"
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          "v": 63,
          "text": "\"There was a rich man who had much money. He said, 'I'll use my money to sow, reap, plant, and fill my barns with fruit, so that I won't need anything.' That's what he was thinking to himself, but he died that very night. Anyone who has ears to hear should hear!\"",
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          "text": "Someone said to him,"
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          "v": 72,
          "text": "\"Tell my brothers to divide our inheritance with me.\"",
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          "v": 72,
          "text": "He said to him,"
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          "v": 72,
          "text": "\"Who made me a divider?\" He turned to his disciples and said to them, \"Am I really a divider?\"",
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