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Matthew 6:21

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21
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Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Explanation

Jesus warns against storing up treasure on earth, where it can be lost, and calls His followers to store up treasure in heaven (6:19-20). What we value most shows where our heart is set.

Original language
  • θησαυρός (thēsauros): treasure
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · Strong's G2344 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Treasure.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 6:21, word 5

  • καρδία (kardia): heart
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · Strong's G2588 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Heart.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 6:21, word 11

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Original language (Greek)

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

  1. ὅπουhopou“Where”
    Conjunction · “where(-ever)” · Strong's G3699
  2. γάρgar“for”
    Conjunction · “for” · Strong's G1063
  3. ἐστινestin“is”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  4. ὁho“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. θησαυρόςthēsauros“treasure”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “treasure” · Strong's G2344
  6. σου,sou“of you [one]”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  7. ἐκεῖekei“there”
    Adverb · “there” · Strong's G1563
  8. ἔσταιestai“will be”
    Verb, future, middle (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  9. καὶkai“also”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  10. ἡhē“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. καρδίαkardia“heart”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · “heart” · Strong's G2588
  12. σου.sou“of you [one].”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)