“You Fool”
Prior to
today’s Gospel, Jesus was preaching to the crowd. Among the things Jesus said to them were
these two verses, “Are not five sparrows sold for two small
coins? Yet not one of them has
escaped the notice of God. Even the hairs of your head have all been
counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.” (Luke
12: 6-7)
And here,
in the same crowd, a person asks Jesus to be a judge of a family matter over
their inheritance.
That
context gives us some possible insights to the parable.
It is the
land that “produced a bountiful harvest.”
In other words, the rich man could hardly take credit for his wealth [1] .
He does
not acknowledge God who has given him the harvest. Nor does he pay attention to the poor people
around him, and there were many poor people in Palestine at the time of Jesus.
The rich
man’s self-centeredness costs him his sensibility, the purpose of his life, and
in fact, life itself.
He has
become a fool.
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[1] www.progressiveinvolvement.com
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source: www.agnusday.org
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