Matthew 6:20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:19-24

Worldly-mindedness is as common and as fatal a symptom of hypocrisy as any other, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a visible and passable profession of religion, than by this; and therefore Christ, having warned us against coveting the praise of men, proceeds next to warn us against coveting the wealth of the world; in this also we must take heed, lest we be as the hypocrites are, and do as they do: the fundamental error that they are guilty... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 6:19-21

6:19-21 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth. where moth and rust destroy them, and where thieves dig through and steal. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy them, and where thieves do not dig through and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. In the ordinary, everyday management of life it is simple wisdom to get to oneself only those things which will last. Whether we are buying a suit of clothes, or a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 6:19-21

The Jews were very familiar with the phrase treasure in heaven. They identified such treasure with two things in particular. (i) They said that the deeds of kindness which a man did upon earth became his treasure in heaven. The Jews had a famous story about a certain King Monobaz of Adiabdne who became a convert to Judaism. "Monobaz distributed all his treasures to the poor in the year of famine. His brothers sent to him and said, 'Thy fathers gathered treasures, and added to those of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:20

But lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven ,.... That is, either be concerned for, and seek after heavenly treasure, the riches of glory, the joys and glories of another world, which infinitely excel everything that is valuable on earth; and which can never be corrupted, or taken away: or rather, lay up your earthly treasures in heaven; that is, put them into the hands of God in heaven; and this is done, by liberally communicating to the poor; by which means men "provide themselves bags... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

Matthew 6:19 comes here only, but Matthew 6:20 , Matthew 6:21 have much in common with Luke 12:33 , Luke 12:34 . They are there in the middle of a long discourse ( Luke 12:22-53 ), which immediately follows the parable of the rich fool, itself spoken on the occasion when a man wished his brother to divide the inheritance with him. There seems no reason to believe that that discourse is at all necessarily in historical position, and that our verses belong originally to it and to its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

The two treasuries. The earthly and the heavenly treasuries are first compared together, and then the reason is given for preferring the latter. I. THE EARTHLY TREASURY . 1 . Its locality. A treasury on earth. The thought is of the accumulation of material wealth. This may be of the choicest kind—works of art, gold, and jewels. Still, it is all earthly, and it does not imply any share in heavenly things, any portion in the unseen world. 2 . Its imperfection. Even while... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

The treasure laid up on earth. It is most unimportant, in meditating on the succeeding portions of this wonderful discourse of our Lord, to insist on tracing some imagined connection between them. If on the surface it be plain, or if by careful examination it becomes plain, let us love to notice it, and to learn its continual contribution to the instructiveness and beauty of the teaching. Otherwise there is no incumbent necessity or advantage in stringing such pearls as these, at any rate.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

Hoarding. The all-absorbing desire of humanity is happiness. A depraved heart naturally seeks this in the world. Money, which "answereth all things," is the exponent of the world's good. Hence the feverish desire to accumulate money. Wealth comes to be loved and laid up because it is loved. This hoarding is sin. I. MAKING PROPER PROVISION FOR THE FUTURE IS NOT HERE CONDEMNED . 1. God commends this prudence in his system of nature. 2 . He commends it in the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:19-24

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 6:19-21

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 6:19-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:20

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:19-21

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