¹⁹ Then I’ll say to myself, “You^[a] have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy;^(A) eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’^(B)

²⁰ “But God said to him, ‘You fool!^(C) This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’^(D)

Our Will and His Will

¹³ Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”^{(A) 14} You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.^(B)