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Matthew 6:21

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

KJV

ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρός σου, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία σου.

Greek NT

Ubi enim est thesaurus tuus, ibi est et cor tuum.

Vulgate

for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.

ASV

For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θησαυρός
thesauros
noun · 17×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐκεῖ
ekei
adverb · 94×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: σου | WH/Treg/NIV: σου | RP: ὑμῶν
  • σου — SBLGNT
  • σου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑμῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: σου | WH/Treg/NIV: σου | RP: ὑμῶν
  • σου — SBLGNT
  • σου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑμῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§368The spiritual tradition of the Church also emphasizes the heart, in the biblical sense of the depths of one's being, where the person decides for or against God.239 III. "MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM" Equality and difference willed by God
§2604The second prayer, before the raising of Lazarus, is recorded by St. John.50 Thanksgiving precedes the event: "Father, I thank you for having heard me," which implies that the Father always hears his petitions. Jesus immediately adds: "I know that you always hear me," which implies that Jesus, on his part, constantly made such petitions. Jesus' prayer, characterized by thanksgi…
§2608From the Sermon on the Mount onwards, Jesus insists on conversion of heart: reconciliation with one's brother before presenting an offering on the altar, love of enemies, and prayer for persecutors, prayer to the Father in secret, not heaping up empty phrases, prayerful forgiveness from the depths of the heart, purity of heart, and seeking the Kingdom before all else.64 This fi…
…and 2 more from this source.
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…
Did it belong for Christ to ascend into heaven? According to which nature did it become Him to ascend? Did He ascend by His own power? Did He ascend above all the corporeal heavens? Did He ascend above all spiritual creatures? The effect of the ascension Article 1. Whether it was fitting for Christ to ascend into heaven? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not fitting for Ch…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:18 — While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  • Acts 8:21 — Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
  • Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Isa 33:6 — And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
  • Jer 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Jer 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Luke 12:34 — For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
  • Luke 12:34 — For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
  • Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
  • Phlm 1:3 — Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Phlm 1:19 — I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
  • Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Rom 7:5 — For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.