And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
And he said unto them - the immense multitude before Him, (Luke 12:1),
Take heed, and beware of covetousness - `of all covetousness,' or, 'of every kind of covetousness,' is beyond doubt the true reading here. Since this was one of the more plausible forms of it, the Lord would strike at once at the root of the evil.
For a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. A singularly weighty maxim, and not the lees so, because its meaning and its truth are equally evident.