Quotes About Wealth

Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.

Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for oneís life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

So he thought to himself, ëWhat shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?í

Then he said, ëThis is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”í

But God said to him, ëYou fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?í

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Another said, ëI have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.í

The younger son said to him, ëFather, give me my share of the estate.í So he divided his property between them.

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!í

Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

But Abraham answered, ëChild, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

Seeing the manís sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!