“Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.”
— WEB
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.”
— WEB
“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.”
— KJV
“Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.”
— ASV
Sell, &c.--This is but a more vivid expression of Mat 6:19-21 (see on Mat 6:19-21).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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