18 so that your fasting isn’t obvious to others but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[a]

God and Possessions

19 “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures[b] on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.(A) 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,(B) where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:18 Other mss add openly
  2. 6:19 Or valuables

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