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Your Heart Follows Your Treasure
Commentators unanimously affirm this verse as a fundamental principle of human life. Your heart, affections, and priorities will inevitably be fixed on whatever you value most. As Charles Spurgeon bluntly states, if you have not invested any treasure in heaven, your heart will not be there either. The location of your treasure determines the orientation of your soul.
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Luke
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AT Robertson
On Luke 12:34
Will be (εστα). Last word in the sentence in Luke. Otherwise like Mt 6:21. See 1 Corinthians 7:32–34 for similar princ…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 12:34
19th Century
Bishop
For where your treasure is.—See Note on Matthew 6:21.
Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 12:33–35
19th Century
Preacher
Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 12:34
This verse shows the essential thrust of Jesus’ teaching. It is not the extent but the place of one’s possessions that is emphasized, because it is…
John Gill
On Luke 12:34
17th Century
Pastor
For where your treasure is
Whether in heaven, or in earth, there will your heart be also: the heart is always set up…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 12:22–40
17th Century
Minister
Christ strongly emphasized this caution not to give way to unsettling, perplexing worries (Matthew 6:25���34). The arguments used here …