012:010 "Moreover every one who shall speak against the Son of Man, may obtain forgiveness; but he who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never obtain forgiveness. 012:011 And when they are bringing you before synagogues and magistrates and governors, do not anxiously ponder the manner or matter of your defence, nor what you are to say; 012:012 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you at that very moment what you must say." 012:013 Just then a man in the crowd appealed to Him. "Rabbi," he said, "tell my brother to give me a share of the inheritance." 012:014 "Man," He replied, "who has constituted me a judge or arbitrator over you?" 012:015 And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions." 012:016 And He spoke a parable to them. "A certain rich man's lands," He said, "yielded abundant crops, 012:017 and he debated within himself, saying, "`What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.' 012:018 "And he said to himself, "`This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth; 012:019 and I will say to my life, "`Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.' 012:020 "But God said to him, "`Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?' 012:021 "So is it with him who amasses treasure for himself, but has no riches in God." 012:022 Then turning to His disciples He said, "For this reason I say to you, `Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.' 012:023 For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater gift than clothing. 012:024 Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds! 012:025 And which of you is able by anxious thought to add a moment to his life? 012:026 If then you are unable to do even a very little thing, why be over-anxious about other matters? 012:027 Observe the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these. 012:028 But if God so clothes the vegetation in the fields, that blooms to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more certainly will He clothe you, you men of feeble faith! 012:029 "Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.