Matthew 6:21 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 6:21

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. This seems to be a proverbial expression, and contains in it another reason, dissuading from worldly mindedness; because of the danger the heart is in of being ensnared and ruined thereby: and the sense of it is, if your treasure is on earth, and lies in earthly things, your hearts will be set upon them, and be in them, in your bags, your coffers and storehouses; and so your souls will be in danger of being lost; which loss will be... 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

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

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 6:21

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

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

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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