Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 6:19-21

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also." — Matthew 6:19-21 (ASV)

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 yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

There is many a way of sending your treasure before you to heaven. God's poor are his money boxes—his exchequer. You can pass your treasure over to heaven by their means.

And the work of evangelizing the world by the labours of God's servants in the ministry of the gospel—you can help this also. Thus also you can pass your treasure over into the King's exchequer, and your heart will follow it.

I have heard of one who said his religion did not cost him a shilling a year, and it was remarked that very probably it would have been expensive at the price. You will find people form a pretty accurate estimate of the value of their own religion by the proportion which they are prepared to sacrifice for it.