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store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/nlt/matthew/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/esv/matthew/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, <a href="/bsb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/blb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/kjv/matthew/6.htm">King James Bible</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: <a href="/nkjv/matthew/6.htm">New King James Version</a> “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; <a href="/nasb_/matthew/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/nasb/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/lsb/matthew/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/amp/matthew/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/csb/matthew/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220Don&#8217t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/asv/matthew/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: <a href="/cev/matthew/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them. <a href="/erv/matthew/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal: <a href="/gwt/matthew/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal. <a href="/gnt/matthew/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. <a href="/isv/matthew/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/msb/matthew/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/net/matthew/6.htm">NET Bible</a> "Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/nheb/matthew/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; <a href="/wbt/matthew/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "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. <a href="/web/matthew/6.htm">World English Bible</a> “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Do not treasure up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, <a href="/blb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/ylt/matthew/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, <a href="/slt/matthew/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal. <a href="/nabre/matthew/6.htm">New American Bible</a> “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Do not lay up for yourselves treasures buried in the ground, a place where rust and moth destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Do not place treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moths and corrosion disfigure and where thieves break in and steal.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. <a href="/godbey/matthew/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal: <a href="/mace/matthew/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "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. <a href="/worrell/matthew/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through, and steal;<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal:<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/6-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=1372" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/6.htm">Treasures in Heaven</a> 18so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 19<a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: Mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">Do not</a> <a href="/greek/2343.htm" title="2343: thēsaurizete (V-PMA-2P) -- To store up, treasure up, save, lay up. From thesauros; to amass or reserve.">store up</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">for yourselves</a> <a href="/greek/2344.htm" title="2344: thēsaurous (N-AMP) -- A store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store. From tithemi; a deposit, i.e. Wealth.">treasures</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">on</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēs (N-GFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">earth,</a> <a href="/greek/3699.htm" title="3699: hopou (Adv) -- Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot.">where</a> <a href="/greek/4597.htm" title="4597: sēs (N-NMS) -- A moth. Apparently of Hebrew origin; a moth.">moth</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1035.htm" title="1035: brōsis (N-NFS) -- (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food.">rust</a> <a href="/greek/853.htm" title="853: aphanizei (V-PIA-3S) -- From aphanes; to render unapparent, i.e. consume, or disappear.">destroy,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3699.htm" title="3699: hopou (Adv) -- Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot.">where</a> <a href="/greek/2812.htm" title="2812: kleptai (N-NMP) -- A thief. From klepto; a stealer.">thieves</a> <a href="/greek/1358.htm" title="1358: dioryssousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To dig through, break through. From dia and orusso; to penetrate burglariously.">break in</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2813.htm" title="2813: kleptousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To steal. A primary verb; to filch.">steal.</a> 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33-34</a> Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a> Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. <a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">Proverbs 23:4-5</a> Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. / When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Colossians 3:1-2</a> Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. / Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a> Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” <a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-17</a> Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. <a href="/matthew/19-21.htm">Matthew 19:21</a> Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” <a href="/luke/18-22.htm">Luke 18:22</a> On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10-15</a> He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. / When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes? / The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep. ... <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. <a href="/mark/10-21.htm">Mark 10:21</a> Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Luke 16:9-13</a> I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings. / Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. / So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches? ... <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Psalm 49:10-12</a> For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. / Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes. / But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish. <a href="/job/27-16.htm">Job 27:16-17</a> Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, / what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:<a href="/job/31-24.htm">Job 31:24</a> If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;<a href="/psalms/39-6.htm">Psalm 39:6</a> Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.<a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalm 62:10</a> Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/5-33.htm">Break</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/amos/9-2.htm">Dig</a> <a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Disfigure</a> <a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/matthew/6-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/matthew/5-39.htm">Force</a> <a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/hosea/5-12.htm">Moth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Rust</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm">Spoils</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-5.htm">Steal</a> <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Store</a> <a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-5.htm">Thieves</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Treasure</a> <a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/matthew/5-39.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-14.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Wear-And-Tear</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-20.htm">Weather</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-14.htm">Worms</a> <a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Break</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/matthew/10-28.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Dig</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Disfigure</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/matthew/11-12.htm">Force</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Moth</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Rust</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Spoils</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Steal</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Store</a> <a href="/luke/12-21.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Thieves</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Treasure</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Wear-And-Tear</a> <a href="/matthew/16-2.htm">Weather</a> <a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Worms</a> <a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 6</div>1. <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Giving to the Needy</a> 5. <a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">The Lord's Prayer</a> 16. <a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Proper Fasting</a> 19. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Store up Treasures in Heaven</a> 25. <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Do Not Worry</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">but seek God's kingdom.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is urging His followers to reconsider their priorities. The act of storing up implies a focus on accumulation and security in material wealth. Historically, this reflects a common human tendency to seek security in possessions, which Jesus challenges by pointing to a higher, spiritual focus.for yourselves This phrase emphasizes the self-centered nature of accumulating wealth. The focus is on personal gain and security, which contrasts with the biblical call to love and serve others. In the broader scriptural context, believers are encouraged to be generous and to consider the needs of others, reflecting the selfless love of Christ.treasures on earth The term "treasures" (Greek: "θησαυρούς," thēsaurous) refers to wealth or valuable possessions. Earthly treasures are temporary and vulnerable, as Jesus will illustrate. In the historical context, treasures could include money, goods, or property, all of which were susceptible to loss. The Bible consistently teaches that true treasure is found in spiritual, eternal things rather than in material wealth.where moth and rust destroy Moths and rust are symbols of decay and impermanence. In ancient times, wealth was often stored in the form of fine clothing and metals, both of which could be easily damaged. The Greek word for rust, "βρῶσις" (brōsis), can also mean "eating" or "consuming," suggesting the inevitable decay of material things. This imagery serves as a powerful reminder of the transient nature of earthly possessions.and where thieves break in and steal The vulnerability of earthly treasures is further highlighted by the threat of theft. In the ancient world, homes were often made of mud bricks, making them susceptible to break-ins. The Greek word "διορύσσουσιν" (dioryssousin) means to dig through, indicating the ease with which thieves could penetrate homes. This serves as a metaphor for the insecurity of relying on material wealth, which can be lost in an instant.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures.--Literally, with a force which the English lacks, treasure not up your treasures.Where moth and rust doth corrupt.--The first word points to one form of Eastern wealth, the costly garments of rich material, often embroidered with gold and silver. (Comp. "Your garments are moth-eaten" in <a href="/james/5-2.htm" title="Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.">James 5:2</a>.) The second word is not so much the specific "rust" of metals, as the decay which eats into and corrodes all the perishable goods of earth.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19-<a href="/matthew/7-12.htm">Matthew 7:12</a>. - (3) General principles regarding the relation of the disciples to wealth and to men. Verses 19-34. - (1) The principle of regarding God alone in our religious actions is also to be maintained in the relation that we hold to wealth in the broadest sense. Vers. 19-21: seek true wealth, because earthly wealth, though gathered, may be rendered useless by earth's chances. Vers. 22, 23: further, because it is the single eye that receives the light. Ver. 24: in fact divided service is impossible. Vers. 25-34: place God first, and he will provide. Verses 19-21. - Ver. 19 comes here only, but vers. 20, 21 have much in common with <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33, 34</a>. They are there in the middle of a long discourse (vers. 22-53), which immediately follows the parable of the rich fool, itself spoken on the occasion when a man wished his brother to divide the inheritance with him. There seems no reason to believe that that discourse is at all necessarily in historical position, and that our verses belong originally to it and to its occasion rather than to the present place in Matthew. Verse 19. - Lay not up... but lay up (ver. 20). Lay up treasure indeed, but in the right place (cf. a still more striking case in <a href="/john/6-27.htm">John 6:27</a>); observe that in both cases it is "for yourselves." Lightfoot ('Hor. Hebr.,' on ver. 1) quotes an interesting Haggada from Talm. Jeremiah,' Peah,' 15b (equivalent to Talm. Bob., 'Baba Bathra,' 11a), in which "Monobazes, the king," when blamed for giving so much to the poor, defends himself at length: "My fathers laid up their wealth on earth; I lay up mine in heaven," etc. But our Lord here does not mean to limit his reference to almsgiving. He thinks of all that has been mentioned since <a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3</a> (cf. Weiss) as affording means of heavenly wealth. Upon earth; upon the earth (Revised Version). Our Lord here wishes to emphasize the locality as such (ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς): in ver. 20 rather the nature and quality of the locality (ἐν οὐρανῷ). Where moth (cf. <a href="/james/5-2.htm">James 5:2, 3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-8.htm">Isaiah 51:8</a>, especially LXX.). Either directly or by its larvae, whether the treasure be clothes or food. Or rust. Any power that eats, or corrodes, or wastes (βρῶσις). Doth corrupt; Revised Version, doth consume. "Corrupt" "has now a moral significance, which does not in any degree appertain to the Greek" (Humphry). Ἀφανίζει (ver. 16, note) is here used of the complete change in the appearance or even of the complete destruction caused by these slow but sure enemies of earthly wealth. And where thieves. Before, physical or non-responsible agents; here, human beings. Break through (διορούσουσιν); "dig through" (cf. <a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43</a>; <a href="/luke/12-39.htm">Luke 12:39</a>; cf. <a href="/job/24-16.htm">Job 24:16</a>, LXX.). Where the houses are so frequently made of mud or sun-burnt bricks, this would be comparatively easy. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/6-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[Do] not Μὴ (Mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. store up θησαυρίζετε (thēsaurizete) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2343.htm">Strong's 2343: </a> To store up, treasure up, save, lay up. From thesauros; to amass or reserve. for yourselves ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. treasures θησαυροὺς (thēsaurous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2344.htm">Strong's 2344: </a> A store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store. From tithemi; a deposit, i.e. Wealth. on ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. earth, γῆς (gēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. where ὅπου (hopou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3699.htm">Strong's 3699: </a> Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot. moth σὴς (sēs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4597.htm">Strong's 4597: </a> A moth. Apparently of Hebrew origin; a moth. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. rust βρῶσις (brōsis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1035.htm">Strong's 1035: </a> (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food. destroy, ἀφανίζει (aphanizei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> From aphanes; to render unapparent, i.e. consume, or disappear. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. where ὅπου (hopou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3699.htm">Strong's 3699: </a> Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot. thieves κλέπται (kleptai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2812.htm">Strong's 2812: </a> A thief. From klepto; a stealer. break in διορύσσουσιν (dioryssousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1358.htm">Strong's 1358: </a> To dig through, break through. From dia and orusso; to penetrate burglariously. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. steal. κλέπτουσιν (kleptousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2813.htm">Strong's 2813: </a> To steal. 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