Rust (βρωσις). Something that "eats" (βιβρωσκω) or "gnaws" or "corrodes."

Lay up treasures...in heaven. That is, have provision made for your eternal felicity. Do not exhaust your strength, and spend your days, i…

Treasures in heaven — These, as in the parallel passage of Luke 12:33, are the good works, or rather the character formed by them,…

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for you…

St. John Chrysostom: After driving away the disease of vanity, He rightly introduces the topic of contempt for riches. For the…

By contrast, treasures in heaven are forever exempt from decay and theft. They refer to whatever is of good and eternal significance that comes out…

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. This refers to those who, instead of entangling themselves in the snares of this world, mak…

But lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven
That is, either be concerned for, and seek after heavenly treasure, the riches of…

Worldly-mindedne is a common and fatal symptom of hypocrisy, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and firmer hold of the soul, under the cloak of a…

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth. Above, the Lord prescribed that we do not do works for the sake of [human] …