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Matthew 6:18–20

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18that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. wAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

19x“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ymoth and rust5 destroy and where thieves zbreak in and steal, 20xbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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Matthew 6:20–21: … but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Footnotes

  1. 5Or worm; also verse 20

Cross references

  1. wver. 4, 6
  2. xch. 19:21; Luke 12:21, 33, 34; 18:22; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10, 17–19; Heb. 13:5
  3. yJames 5:2, 3
  4. zch. 24:43
  5. x[See ver. 19 above]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

so that your fasting isn’t obvious to others but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming insect destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal.

KJV 1900King James Version

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: