Matthew 6:21
19 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 treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- KJV
- For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- WEB
- for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- ASV
- for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.
- DARBY
- for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.
- BLB
- For where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.
- ÅB
- For der skatten din er, vil også hjertet ditt være.
- OTB
- For der hvor din skatt er, der vil også ditt hjerte være.
- B1930
- For hvor din skatt er, der vil også ditt hjerte være.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:1–3
Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Read in contextLuke 12:34
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Read in contextProverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Read in contextIsaiah 33:6
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
Read in contextHebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Read in contextMatthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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