Elsewhere it is disposed of in a very brief sentence, - "Thou shalt not steal." But here a far more subtle sin is analyzed and exposed. Dishonesty is a simpler affair, and can be settled in very few words. The question of right and wrong as between the brothers does not constitute an element of the case as it is presented to us it is intentionally and completely omitted. In the answer of the Lord there is not a word that calls in question the justice of his claim. For aught that we know to the contrary, he may have been violently or fraudulently deprived of his share in the inheritance of the family. In regard to the matter in dispute between himself and his brother, this man probably had both an honest purpose and a righteous cause. While Jesus was, in his wonted way, preaching the kingdom to a great multitude, one of the audience, taking advantage probably of some momentary pause in the discourse, broke in upon the solemn exercises with the inappropriate and incongruous demand, "Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me." ![]() ![]() But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." - LUKE xii.16-21. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. The Parables of Our Lord - William Arnot"And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
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