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Luke 12:33-34
New American Standard Bible
Luke 12:33-34
New American Standard Bible
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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Luke 12:33-34
New English Translation
Luke 12:33-34
New English Translation
33 Sell your possessions[a] and give to the poor.[b] Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out—a treasure in heaven[c] that never decreases,[d] where no thief approaches and no moth[e] destroys. 34 For where your treasure[f] is, there your heart will be also.
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- Luke 12:33 sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result.
- Luke 12:33 tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today.
- Luke 12:33 tn Grk “in the heavens.”
- Luke 12:33 tn Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.”
- Luke 12:33 tn The term σής (sēs) refers to moths in general. It is specifically the larvae of moths that destroy clothing by eating holes in it (L&N 4.49; BDAG 922 s.v.). See Jas 5:2, which mentions “moth-eaten” clothing.
- Luke 12:34 sn Seeking heavenly treasure means serving others and honoring God by doing so; see Luke 6:35-36.
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