Matthew 6:19-24

The Sermon on the Mount: Treasure in Heaven

19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore if your eye is sincere, your whole body will be full of light.

23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!

24 "No one is able to 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 are not able to serve God and money.

Footnotes

• [a]. Traditionally "rust," but more likely in this context along with "moth" the term refers to "eating" by other types of insects or vermin
• [b]. Traditionally "rust," but more likely in this context along with "moth" the term refers to "eating" by other types of insects or vermin
• [c]. Traditionally transliterated from the Greek as "mammon"