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Matthew 6:19-29

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19 "1Do 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 2treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
21 for 3where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 "4The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.
23 "But if 5your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 "6No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot * serve God and 7wealth.

The Cure for Anxiety

25 "8For this reason I say to you, do not be 9worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 "10Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27 "And who of you by being 11worried can 12add a single hour to his life?
28 "And why are you 13worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
29 yet I say to you that not even 14Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
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Cross References 14

  • 1. Proverbs 23:4; Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:21, 33; Luke 18:22; 1 Timothy 6:9, 10; Hebrews 13:5; James 5:2
  • 2. Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:33; 1 Timothy 6:19
  • 3. Luke 12:34
  • 4. Matthew 6:22, 23: {Luke 11:34, 35}
  • 5. Matthew 20:15; Mark 7:22
  • 6. 1 Kings 18:21; Luke 16:13; Galatians 1:10; James 4:4
  • 7. Luke 16:9, 11, 13
  • 8. Matthew 6:25-33: {Luke 12:22-31}
  • 9. Matt 6:27, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
  • 10. Job 35:11; Job 38:41; Psalms 104:27, 28; Matthew 10:29f; Luke 12:24
  • 11. Matt 6:25, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
  • 12. Psalms 39:5
  • 13. Matt 6:25, 27, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
  • 14. 1 Kings 10:4-7; 2 Chr 9:4-6, 20-22

Footnotes 8

  • [a]. Or "healthy;" or "sincere"
  • [b]. Or "evil"
  • [c]. Gr "mamonas," for Aram "mamon" (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
  • [d]. Or "stop being worried"
  • [e]. Lit "soul"
  • [f]. Lit "heaven"
  • [g]. Lit "cubit" (approx 18 in.)
  • [h]. Or "height"
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