Matthew 6:19-21
KJV—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: For where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also.
Amp—Do not gather and heap up and store
for yourselves treasures on earth, where
moth and rust and worm consume and destroy,
and where thieves break through and
steal; But gather and heap up and store for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust nor worm consume and
destroy, and where thieves do not break
through and steal; For where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also.
Moffatt—Store up no treasures for yourselves
on earth, where moth and rust corrode,
where thieves break in and steal: store
up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust corrode, where thieves
do not break in and steal. For where your
treasure lies, your heart will lie there too.
NIV—Do not 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 moth and rust do not destroy,
and where thieves do not break in
and steal. For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:25-26, 28, 30, 32-33
KJV—Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on. Is not the life more
than meat, and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth
them. Are ye not much better than they?…
And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow; they toil not, neither do they spin….
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the
field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast
into the oven, shall he not much more
clothe you, O ye of little faith?…
(For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things. But
seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
Amp—Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually
uneasy (anxious and worried)
about your life, what you shall eat or what
you shall drink, and about your body, what
you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality]
than food, and the body [far above and
more excellent] than clothing? Look at the
birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly
Father keeps feeding them. Are you
not worth more than they?…
And why should you be anxious about
clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and
learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither
toil nor spin…. But if God so clothes the
grass of the field, which today is alive and
green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace,
will He not much more surely clothe
you, O you men with little faith?…
For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and
crave and diligently seek after all these
things; and your heavenly Father well
knows that you need them all. But seek for
(aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom,
and His righteousness [His way of doing
and being right], and then all these things
taken together will be given you besides.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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