"Master, I wish you would speak to my brother. Our father died a little while ago, and my brother is keeping all the property for himself. Make him give me my share of it."
Jesus would have nothing to do with the quarrel. He told this man:
"You ought to think of something besides money and property. There is more to life than owning things. Let me tell you a story.
"There was a farmer whose crops were so good that he had no place to put all the harvest. He said to himself: 'I will pull down my old barns, and build bigger ones, and put my crops in them. Then I will take life easy, for I have enough money to last me for many years.'
"But do you know what happened? That very night God said to him, 'You fool, you are going to die tonight; and what good are your crops and your money going to be to you then?' That's what becomes of people who keep all their money for their own selfish use, and never think about God."
There was another man who was a great disappointment to Jesus. He was a young man—rich, and a leader in the community. He came and kneeled before Jesus, and said,
"Good Master, what should I do in order to have eternal life?"
This was like the lawyer's question, but this man asked it in a different spirit. He really wanted to know.
Jesus answered:
"Do you know what you are saying when you call me 'Good Master'? No one is good except God."