The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19-21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Matthew 6:19 comes here only, but Matthew 6:20, Matthew 6:21 have much in common with Luke 12:33, Luke 12:34. They are there in the middle of a long discourse (Luke 12:22-53), which immediately follows the parable of the rich fool, itself spoken on the occasion when a man wished his brother to divide the inheritance with him.

There seems no reason to believe that that discourse is at all necessarily in historical position, and that our verses belong originally to it and to its occasion rather than to the present place in Matthew.

More for Matthew 6:19-21

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:1-34Matthew 6:1-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:19-24Matthew 6:19-24 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryWorldly-mindedness is a common and fatal symptom of hypocrisy, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a profession of religion. Something the soul will have, which it looks…The Sermon on the MountMatthew 6:19-24 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. Worldly-mindedness is as common and as fatal a symptom of hypocrisy as any other, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a visible and passable prof…The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19Matthew 6:19 · The Pulpit CommentaryLay not up … but lay up (Matthew 6:20). Lay up treasure indeed, but in the right place (cf. a still more striking case in John 6:27); observe that in both cases it is "for yourselves." Lightfoot ('Hor. Hebr.,' on verse…The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19-34Matthew 6:19-34 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe fourth part of the sermon: self-consecration. I. THE WHOLE MAN MUST BE GIVEN TO GOD. 1. The heart. God asks for it. "Give me thy heart," he says to each of us. The heart will be where the treasure is. Where is our t…The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19Matthew 6:19 · The Pulpit CommentaryMatthew 7:12 (3) General principles regarding the relation of the disciples to wealth and to men.

commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:1-34EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryMatthew Henry on Matthew 6:19-24Worldly-mindedness is a common and fatal symptom of hypocrisy, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a profession of religion. Something the soul will have, which it looks…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Sermon on the MountTHE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. Worldly-mindedness is as common and as fatal a symptom of hypocrisy as any other, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a visible and passable prof…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19-34The fourth part of the sermon: self-consecration. I. THE WHOLE MAN MUST BE GIVEN TO GOD. 1. The heart. God asks for it. "Give me thy heart," he says to each of us. The heart will be where the treasure is. Where is our t…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19Matthew 7:12 (3) General principles regarding the relation of the disciples to wealth and to men.Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19-34(1) The principle of regarding God alone in our religious actions is also to be maintained in the relation that we hold to wealth in the broadest sense. Matthew 6:19-21 : seek true wealth, because earthly wealth, though…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19Lay not up … but lay up (Matthew 6:20). Lay up treasure indeed, but in the right place (cf. a still more striking case in John 6:27); observe that in both cases it is "for yourselves." Lightfoot ('Hor. Hebr.,' on verse…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 6:19-21The treasure laid up on earth. It is most unimportant, in meditating on the succeeding portions of this wonderful discourse of our Lord, to insist on tracing some imagined connection between them. If on the surface it b…Joseph S. Exell and contributors