Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
32“Do not fear, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give to you the kingdom.
Cross References
Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him, “If you desire to be perfect, go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Luke 12:21“So is he who accumulates treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” 1 Do Not Worry
Luke 18:22So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “Still one thing you lack: sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Acts 2:45and they were selling their possessions and goods, and were dividing them among all, to the degree that anyone had need.
2 Corinthians 8:2how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their generosity.
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:23-41
Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that… Read the whole commentary →