Matthew 6:19-23, Matthew 6:25 NLT

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth - What blindness is it for a man to lay up that as a treasure which must necessarily perish! A heart designed for God and eternity is terribly degraded by being fixed on those things which are subject to corruption. "But may we not lay up treasure innocently?" Yes. 1st. If you can do it without setting your heart on it, which is almost impossible: and read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:20

Lay up - treasures in heaven - " The only way to render perishing goods eternal, to secure stately furniture from moths, and the richest metals from canker, and precious stones from thieves, is to transmit them to heaven by acts of charity. This is a kind of bill of exchange which cannot fail of acceptance, but through our own fault." Quesnel. It is certain we have not the smallest portion of temporal good, but what we have received from the unmerited bounty of God: and if we give back to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:21

Where your treasure is - If God be the treasure of our souls, our hearts, i.e. our affections and desires will be placed on things above. An earthly minded man proves that his treasure is below; a heavenly minded man shows that his treasure is above. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:22

The light of the body is the eye - That is, the eye is to the body what the sun is to the universe in the day time, or a lamp or candle to a house at night. If - thine eye be single - Απλους , simple, uncompounded; i.e. so perfect in its structure as to see objects distinctly and clearly, and not confusedly, or in different places to what they are, as is often the case in certain disorders of the eye; one object appearing two or more - or else in a different situation, and of a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:19

Verse 19 Matthew 6:19.Lay not up. This deadly plague reigns everywhere throughout the world. Men are grown mad with an insatiable desire of gain. Christ charges them with folly, in collecting wealth with great care, and then giving up their happiness to moths and to rust, or exposing it as a prey to thieves. What is more unreasonable than to place their property, where it may perish of itself, or be carried off by men? (450) Covetous men, indeed, take no thought of this. They lock up their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:20

Verse 20 20.But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven They are said to do so, who, instead of entangling themselves in the snares of this world, make it their care and their business to meditate on the heavenly life. In Luke’s narrative, no mention is made of the contrast between laying up treasures on the earth and laying up treasures in heaven; and he refers to a different occasion for the command of Christ to prepare bags, which do not grow old: for he had previously said, Sell what you... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:21

Verse 21 21.Where your treasure shall be By this statement Christ proves that they are unhappy men who have their treasures laid up on the earth: because their happiness is uncertain and of short duration. Covetous men cannot be prevented from breathing in their hearts a wish for heaven: but Christ lays down an opposite principle, that, wherever men imagine the greatest happiness to be, there they are surrounded and confined. Hence it follows, that they who desire to be happy in the world (451)... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:22

Verse 22 Matthew 6:22.The light of the body is the eye We must bear in mind, as I have already hinted, that what we find here are detached sentences, and not a continued discourse. The substance of the present statement is, that men go wrong through carelessness, because they do not keep their eye fixed, as they ought to do, on the proper object. For whence comes it, that they so shamefully wander, or dash themselves, or stumble, but because, having corrupted their judgment by choosing rather... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:23

Verse 23 23.If the light which is in thee be darkness Light signifies that small portion of reason, which continues to exist in men since the fall of Adam: and darkness signifies gross and brutal affections. The meaning is, we ought not to wonder, if men wallow so disgracefully, like beasts, in the filth of vices, for they have no reason which might restrain the blind and dark lusts of the flesh. The light is said to be turned into darkness, not only when men permit the wicked lusts of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19

Matthew 7:12 (3) General principles regarding the relation of the disciples to wealth and to men. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19

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