Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal:
Revised King James New Testament
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 you wish to be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Luke 18:22Now when Jesus heard this, he said to him, You still lack one thing: sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
1 Timothy 6:19Laying up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.
Hebrews 11:26Considering abuse for the sake of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked ahead to the reward.
1 Peter 1:4To an imperishable and undefiled inheritance, that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
Revelation 2:9I know your tribulation and your poverty, (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a 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 →