Luke 12:33
Sell your substance, and give alms: make to you bags which become not old, and a treasure which is not transient, in the heavens, where the thief does not approach, and the moth destroys not.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
32FEAR not, little flock; for your Father hath willed to give you the kingdom.
34For where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.
Cross References
Matthew 19:21Jeshu saith to him, If thou wilt become perfect, go, sell thy possession and give to the poor, and there shall be for thee a treasure in heaven: and come after me.
Luke 12:21whose shall they be? So is he who layeth up to himself treasures, and towards Aloha is not rich.
Luke 18:22But when Jeshu heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking with thee; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come after me.
Acts 2:45And they who had property sold it, and divided to each according to that which he needed.
2 Corinthians 8:2that in the great trial of their affliction there hath been an abounding of their joy; and the depth of their poverty hath been exceeded by the riches of their simplicity.
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 →