Luke 12:33
ContextNETBible | Sell your possessions 1 and give to the poor. 2 Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven 3 that never decreases, 4 where no thief approaches and no moth 5 destroys. |
XREF | Hag 1:6; Mt 6:19-21; Mt 19:21; Lu 16:9; Lu 18:22; Joh 12:6; Ac 2:45; Ac 4:34,35; 2Co 8:2; 1Ti 6:17-19; Jas 5:1-3 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result. 2 tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today. 3 tn Grk “in the heavens.” 4 tn Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.” 5 tn The term σής (shs) refers to moths in general. It is specifically the larvae of moths that destroy clothing by eating holes in it (L&N 4.49; BDAG 922 s.v.). See Jas 5:2, which mentions “moth-eaten” clothing. |