Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
"Stop storing up your riches on earth where moths and rust make away with them, and where thieves break in and steal them.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
A Conservative Version
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
American Standard Version
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"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].
Anderson New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
Bible in Basic English
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Common New Testament
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
Darby Translation
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
Godbey New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:
Goodspeed New Testament
"Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them,
John Wesley New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal:
Julia Smith Translation
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal:
King James 2000
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Modern King James verseion
Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Moffatt New Testament
Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:
Montgomery New Testament
"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
NET Bible
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
New Heart English Bible
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Noyes New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Sawyer New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.
The Emphasized Bible
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Webster
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Weymouth New Testament
"Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
World English Bible
"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Worrell New Testament
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through, and steal;
Worsley New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal:
Youngs Literal Translation
'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Themes
Accumulation of wealth » The accumulation of, disappointing
Heart » Where your heart will be
Moths » Destructive to garments
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Riches » Heavenly treasures superior to
Riches » They who possess, should » Not hoard them up
Riches » Described as » Liable to be stolen
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Theft » All earthly treasure exposed to
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Jesus forbids the hoarding of
Wealth » Accumulation of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable
Interlinear
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Usage: 42
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 6:19
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Treasure In Heaven
18 so that your fasting may be seen, not by men but by your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. 19 "Stop storing up your riches on earth where moths and rust make away with them, and where thieves break in and steal them. 20 But keep on storing up your riches in heaven where moths and rust do not make away with them and where thieves do not break in and steal them.
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Cross References
Hebrews 13:5
You must have a turn of mind that is free from avarice; you must be content with what you have, for God Himself has said, "I will never fail you, I will never forsake you."
Luke 12:21
So it is with the man who continues to pile up possessions for himself, and is not rich in God."
1 Timothy 6:17
Continue charging the rich of this world to stop being haughty and not to fix their hope on a thing so uncertain as riches, but on God who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for our enjoyment;
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."
Luke 12:33
Sell your property and give to charity. Provide for yourselves purses that will never wear out, riches that never fail in heaven, where a thief cannot come near nor a moth destroy,
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell everything you have, and distribute the money among the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."
Luke 18:24
So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!
1 Timothy 6:8-10
If we have food and clothes we will be satisfied.
James 5:1-3
Come now, you rich people, weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are sure to overtake you.
1 John 2:15-16
Stop loving the world, or the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,