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Luke 12:33

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12:33Sell your possessions79 and give to the poor.80 Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out—a treasure in heaven81 that never decreases,82 where no thief approaches and no moth83 destroys.

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Footnotes

  1. 79 The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result.
  2. 80 Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today.
  3. 81 Grk “in the heavens.”
  4. 82 Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.”
  5. 83 The term σής (sēs) refers to moths in general. It is specifically the larvae of moths that destroy clothing by eating holes in it (L&N 4.49; ). See Jas 5:2, which mentions “moth-eaten” clothing.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

KJV 1900King James Version

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.