The rich fool's abundant harvest creates the storage problem that leads to the barn-building solution and the soul-satisfying plan: eat, drink, be merry, you have many goods stored up for many years. The Greek word for soul (psyche) that the man addresses — Soul, you have ample goods — is the same word God uses for what is demanded back from him: your soul is required of you tonight. The self-sufficient soul turns out not to own itself.

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