1And you, when you were dead in your offences, and sins,

2In which in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the leader of the power of this air, of the spirit that now works on the children of unbelief:

3In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

4But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity with what he loved us,

5Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together in Christ, (by whose grace you are saved,)

6And has raised us up together, and has made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus.

7That he might show in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus.

8For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;

9Not of works, that no man may glory.

10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God has prepared that we should walk in them.

3Know you that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

20But God said to him: You fool, this night do they require your soul of you: and whose shall those things be which you have provided?

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