• Describe the setting for this parable. What prompts Jesus to tell it?
  • How does Jesus describe the main character of the parable (Luke 12:16)? How might most people view a man like this today?
  • Why did he have to build bigger barns (Luke 12:17-18)?
  • What plans did he have for the future (Luke 12:19)? Why was he able to make these kinds of plans? What happened to him on the very night he made these plans?
  • What did God call him in Luke 12:20? Why?
  • Why wasn’t this man rich in the eyes of God (Luke 12:21)? How does one become rich before God (Matthew 6:19-21)?
  • What practical lessons can we learn from this parable?