The Rich Fool

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The Parable of the Rich Fool was given by Jesus in the New Testament Gospel of Luke.

From Luke 12:16-21

12:16 And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a
certain rich man brought forth plentifully:  
12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do,
because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?  
12:18 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.
12:19 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.  
12:20 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?  
12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not
rich toward God.

There is a similar parable found in the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas. This is one of the few places where Thomas shares a similarity with Luke not found in the gospels of Matthew or Mark:

63 Jesus said, "There was a rich person who had a great deal of
money. He said, 'I shall invest my money so that I may sow, reap,
plant, and fill my storehouses with produce, that I may lack
nothing.' These were the things he was thinking in his heart, but
that very night he died. Anyone here with two ears had better
listen!"

The 3 verses which precede this parable in Luke also share a unique similarity with verse 72 of Thomas:

12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my
brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.  
12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider
over you?  
12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness:
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things
which he possesseth.

72. A [person said] to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's
possessions with me." He said to the person, "Mister, who made me a
divider?" He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I'm not a
divider, am I?"

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