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Luke 12:33

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Sell   your possessions and give to the poor.   Make money-bags   for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure   in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

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‘If you want to be perfect,’   Jesus said to him, ‘go, sell your belongings and give to the poor,   and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’


When Jesus heard this, he told him, ‘You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor,   and you will have treasure in heaven.   Then come, follow me.’


They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need.


And I tell you, make friends   for yourselves by means of worldly wealth   , so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.


‘That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure   for himself and is not rich towards God.’


You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.’


During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.


He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.  He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.


But give from what is within to the poor,   , and then everything is clean   for you.


One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.





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