Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(A)

19 (B)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (C)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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19 (A)Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves (B)treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for (C)where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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19 “Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart [your wishes, your desires; that on which your life centers] will be also.

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Treasures in Heaven(A)

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,(B) where moths and vermin destroy,(C) and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,(D) where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.(E) 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(F)

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33 (A)Sell what you have and give (B)alms; (C)provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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33 (A)Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts that do not wear out, (B)an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor does a moth destroy. 34 For (C)where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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33 “Sell your possessions (show compassion) and give [donations] to the poor. Provide money belts for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing and inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(A) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(B) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(C) 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(D)

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(A)Do not overwork to be rich;
(B)Because of your own understanding, cease!

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(A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth;
[a](B)Stop dwelling on it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:4 Lit Refrain from your understanding of it


Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.(A)

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Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.

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10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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10 For (A)the love of money is a root of all [a]sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have (B)wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many [b]griefs.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:10 Lit the evils
  2. 1 Timothy 6:10 Lit pains

10 For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.

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10 For the love of money(A) is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith(B) and pierced themselves with many griefs.(C)

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