MATTHEW
6:19-34
19"Do not store
up for yourselves treasures
on earth, where moth and
rust destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal.
20But store up
for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust
do not destroy, and where
thieves do not break in and
steal. 21For
where your treasure is,
there your heart will be
also. 22"The eye
is the lamp of the body. If
your eyes are good, your
whole body will be full of
light. 23But if
your eyes are bad, your
whole body will be full of
darkness. If then the light
within you is darkness, how
great is that darkness!
24"No one can serve
two masters. Either he will
hate the one and love the
other, or he will be devoted
to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve both
God and Money.
Do Not Worry
25"Therefore I
tell you, do not worry about
your life, what you will eat
or drink; or about your
body, what you will wear. Is
not life more important than
food, and the body more
important than clothes?
26Look at the birds of
the air; they do not sow or
reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father
feeds them. Are you not much
more valuable than they?
27Who of you by
worrying can add a single
hour to his life
? 28"And why do
you worry about clothes? See
how the lilies of the field
grow. They do not labor or
spin. 29Yet I
tell you that not even
Solomon in all his splendor
was dressed like one of
these. 30If that
is how God clothes the grass
of the field, which is here
today and tomorrow is thrown
into the fire, will he not
much more clothe you, O you
of little faith? 31So
do not worry, saying, 'What
shall we eat?' or 'What
shall we drink?' or 'What
shall we wear?' 32For
the pagans run after all
these things, and your
heavenly Father knows that
you need them. 33But
seek first his kingdom and
his righteousness, and all
these things will be given
to you as well. 34Therefore
do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry
about itself. Each day has
enough trouble of its own.