Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Cross References
Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him: If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Luke 18:22And Jesus hearing it said to him: Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
1 Timothy 6:19laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.
Hebrews 11:26esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked for the reward.
1 Peter 1:4unto an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
Revelation 2:9I know thy affliction, and poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:20-25
The Sermon on the Mount. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be… Read the whole commentary →