The Parable of the Rich Fool

The Parable of the Rich Fool was given by Jesus in the New Testament Gospel of Luke. 
From Luke 12:16-21:There is a similar parable found in the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas. This is one of the few places where Thomas shares a similarity with Luke not found in the Gospels of Matthew or Mark:The 3 verses which precede this parable in Luke also share a unique similarity with verse 72 of Thomas:
==Interpretation==
The meaning of the parable can be threefold:
*One meaning is that man should not devote their lives to the accumulation of superficial things because in the end what is to happen to them once the person dies. Usually, the things will depreciate, be given away to others who have not earned them, and eventually won't be appreciated. This echoes the fundamental principle expressed in Ecclesiastes 2:18 (“I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me.”)
*Another meaning is that anyone who has a singular pursuit of possessing things will never have an opportunity to enjoy them because his or her life is, in essence, in the hands of God, and not of themselves. (Note in the text the numerous times that "I" or "my" appear.)
*A third meaning is that man is not blessed if he hoards all of his possessions to himself. This redefines the meaning of "richness".
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