Matthew 6:19

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal;

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

In Context

18so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 1 Concerning Treasures

20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupts, and where thieves do not dig through and steal.

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Cross References

Luke 12:21“So is he who accumulates treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” 1 Do Not Worry

Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:17-19

The Sermon on the Mount. 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. We are here cautioned against hypocrisy in fasting, as before in almsgiving, and in… Read the whole commentary →

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