Parable of the Rich Fool

In the parable of the rich fool, Jesus tells the story of a man satisfied with his wealth, who suddenly dies.

Cling the Greedy Fool portrays the parable of the rich fool.

Jesus warns against greed, and tells the parable of the rich fool, who accumulated much wealth, but did not count of dying.

But Jesus cautioned us against self-focused ambition (see the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12).

Bigger Barns (Jesus' parable of the rich fool)

In The Parable of the Rich Fool Jesus tells the story of a rich man who decides to rest from all his labors, saying to himself:

Poor Little Rich Men - The parables of The Rich Fool; and The Prodigal Son.

The Gospel Parable of the Rich Fool lies behind another series of paintings which stem ultimately from mediaeval illustrations of the Dance of Death.

The Parable of the Rich Fool is a parable of Jesus which appears in only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament.

The parable of the Tares the parable of the Rich Fool, the parable of the budding fig tree, and the parable of the barren fig tree also have eschatological themes.

Jesus spoke more about money and material possessions than he did about other topics such as prayer and so there are many parables about them in the New Testament such as the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Rich Fool.

To think of eternity and judgment is one of the greatest antidotes to greed and the complacency that goes with it. That was the point of Jesus' parable of The Rich Fool in Luke 12. Do you remember what the rich fool said to himself?