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But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
— Luke 12:20 · The Bible
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An editorial interpretation.
In this passage, God calls a man foolish because his soul is demanded that very night, and asks who will get everything he stored up. It's a warning about hoarding: possessions can't follow you, and all that planning may end up benefiting someone else.
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