Matthew 6:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)19 “Do not store your valuables [here] on earth, where moths can eat them and where rust can corrode them, and where burglars can break in and steal [them]. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176919 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition19 Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: See the chapterCommon English Bible19 “Stop collecting treasures for your own benefit on earth, where moth and rust eat them and where thieves break in and steal them. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version19 Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal. See the chapter |
Sell your possessions and give [the money] to poor people; provide yourselves with money belts that do not wear out [i.e., from the constant use of carrying much money all the time, instead of investing it in others’ needs]. [Then you will possess] an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief can approach, nor moth destroy.