The crowd want to get in on the act. Thousands, trampling each other in their eagerness to hear Jesus, have so far put up nothing more interesting than watching him whisper to his disciples.
One man's urgent problem will wait no longer (or so he thinks). He blurts out, not the actual issue, but what he thinks is the solution. Seems his older brother isn't playing fair in sharing their inheritance.
Jesus resists being made into a weapon in the family feud, and takes what he perceives to be the man's underlying problem: money has become the most important thing in his life.
A parable follows, describing the sort of man everyone aspires to be: so rich he doesn't have enough space to store his wealth. In Jesus's eyes, you are a fool if you don't invest in your relationship with God. A short-sighted fool. You think you're planning for a secure future, but you're only looking ahead to next week, or next year. What about your next life?
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