10 Then Jesus turned and to the twelve he said, Behold the many in the mire of carnal life!
11 The leaven of truth will change the miry clay to solid rock, and men can walk and find the path that leads up to the mountain top.
12 You cannot haste; but you can scatter forth this leaven with a generous hand.
13 When men have learned the truth that bears upon its face the law of right, then they will haste to give to every man his dues.
14 Then to the people Jesus said, Take heed, and covet not. The wealth of men does not consist in what they seem to have—in lands, in silver and in gold.
15 These things are only borrowed wealth. No man can corner up the gifts of God.
16 The things of nature are the things of God, and what is God’s belongs to every man alike.
17 The wealth of soul lies in the purity of life, and in the wisdom that descends from heaven.
18 Behold, a rich man’s ground brought forth abundantly; his barns were far too small to hold his grain, and to himself he said,
19 What shall I do? I must not give my grain away; I must not let it go to waste; and then he said,