"Our Lord struck at the root of the affair that troubled this questioner, and of all similar disputes, saying, “Take heed, and beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. COL 254.3"
"And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
EGW directly quotes Luke 12:15.