Matthew 6:19-34
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t "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
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u "but 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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"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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v "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.
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"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
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w "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. x You cannot serve God and mammon.
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"Therefore I say to you, y do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
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z "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
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"Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
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"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
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"and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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"Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
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"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
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"For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
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"But a seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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Cross References
Proverbs 23:4
Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
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Cross References
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.
Luke 12:33
Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.
Luke 18:22
So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.
1 Timothy 6:19
Storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.
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Cross References
Luke 11:34
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
Luke 11:35
Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.
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Cross References
Luke 16:9
And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.
Luke 16:11
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Luke 16:13
"No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
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Cross References
Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
James 4:4
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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Cross References
Psalms 55:22
Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
Luke 12:22
Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
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Cross References
Job 38:41
Who provides food for the raven, When its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9
He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that cry.
Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.
Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?
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Cross References
1 Kings 3:13
And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days.
Luke 12:31
But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.