Jesus said to him, "If you desire to be perfect, go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Matthew 6:19 - English Majority Text Version "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal; Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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. American Standard Version (1901) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: Common English Bible “Stop collecting treasures for your own benefit on earth, where moth and rust eat them and where thieves break in and steal them. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal. |
Jesus said to him, "If you desire to be perfect, go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupts, and where thieves do not dig through and steal.
So is he who accumulates treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near, nor does a moth destroy.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, "Still one thing you lack: sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
And when Jesus saw that he became very sad, He said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to put their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who provides all things richly for us to enjoy,
Let your way of life be without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you;"