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.
Luke 12:33-34
Legacy Standard Bible
33 “(A)Sell your possessions and give it as charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, (B)an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys. 34 For (C)where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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