Luke 12:33
Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἀνέκλειπτοςanékleiptosnot left out, i.e. (by implication) inexhaustible
- παλαιόωpalaióōto make (passively, become) worn out, or declare obsolete
- σήςsḗsa moth
- βαλάντιονbalántiona pouch (for money)
- ὑπάρχονταhypárchontathings extant or in hand, i.e. property or possessions
- ἐλεημοσύνηeleēmosýnēcompassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a ben
- θησαυρόςthēsaurósa deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively)
- κλέπτηςkléptēsa stealer (literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 19:21, Act 4:34–35, Luk 18:22, Act 2:45, Mat 6:19–21, Luk 16:9, Luk 12:21, 1Ti 6:17–19