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for where your treasure is, your heart will be there also.
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The Heart's Compass
Commentators explain that this verse is not a command, but a statement of fact about human nature. Your 'heart'—the center of your thoughts, emotions, and will—will inevitably follow what you treasure most. This principle acts as a spiritual compass, revealing the true direction of your life by showing where you invest your value.
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19th Century
Anglican
Where your treasure is — These words imply the truth, later more definitely asserted, that it is impossible to serve God and m…
Baptist
For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.
It is sure to be so: your heart will follow your treasure. Send it away t…
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
Where your treasure shall be, by this statement Christ proves that those who have their treasures laid up on earth are unhappy people, bec…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also . ] This seems to be a proverbial expression, and contains…
Presbyterian
Worldly-mindedness 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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth. Above, the Lord prescribed that we do not do works for the sake of [human] …
