What is greed?

Luke 12:15Then he [Jesus] said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

Greed is the very selfish desire for something, usually wealth or possessions. And some people are greedy for power, position, or even food. Greedy people seem to believe that they can measure the meaning of life and their personal worth by what they have—so they live to accumulate.