Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Make yourselves moneybags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
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In Context
32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Cross References
Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him, “If yoʋ wish to be perfect, go sell what yoʋ have and give to the poor, and yoʋ will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me.”
Luke 12:21This is how it will be with anyone who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
Luke 18:22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing yoʋ still lack: Sell everything yoʋ have and distribute the money to the poor, and yoʋ will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me.”
Acts 2:45They were selling their possessions and belongings, and distributing the proceeds to all, as anyone had need.
2 Corinthians 8:2During a severe trial of affliction, their abundant joy and their deep poverty abounded in a wealth of generosity on their part.
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 →