Luke 12:13-21 · The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

14 Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?" 15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

16 And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17 He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'

18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '

20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

21 "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

The Rich Fool
Luke 12:13-21
Drama
by Robert F. Crowley
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Theme: People think a lot about gathering possessions and little about their relationship with God. What are the consequences of this lifestyle?

Summary: The rich fool has an encounter with his soul and learns a lesson -- too late.

Playing Time: 3 minutes

Setting: The rich man's estate

Props: None

Costumes:
Rich Man -- fine robes of biblical times
Soul Man -- modern, Jamaican

Time: The present

Cast:
Man -- a rich fool
Soul Man -- his soul -- a Jamaican
God

(MAN IS STRIDING POMPOUSLY, SOUL FOLLOWS HIM)

MAN: I am a rich man and my ground has brought forth plentifully.

SOUL: I heard dat, Man.

MAN: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

SOUL: Man, do he have some fruits.

MAN: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I…

CSS Publishing, Lima, Ohio, Lectionary Scenes, by Robert F. Crowley