Meaning, commentary and cross references
Luke 12:34
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”In other translations
KJV · King James Version
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
NIV · New International Version
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
WEB · World English Bible
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
What does Luke 12:34 mean?
John Gill · Exposition of the Entire Bible, on Luke 12:34
For where your treasure is,.... Whether in heaven, or in earth, there will your heart be also: the heart is always set upon the treasure, and as is a man's treasure, such is his heart, that is, set upon it; if his treasure is only here, and he has not the true riches, his heart is only earthly and carnal; but if his treasure is heavenly, his heart and conversation will be in heaven; See Gill on Matthew 6:21.
John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746–63). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
John Calvin · Commentaries, on Luke 12:33–34
For where your treasure shall be, there will also your heart be. 33. Sell what ye possess, and give alms. Prepare for yourselves bags, which do not grow old, a treasure in heaven which does not fail, where the theif approaches not, nor moth corrupteth. 34. For where your treasure shall be, there will also your heart be.
John Calvin, Commentaries (Calvin Translation Society English text). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
Context: Luke 12:31–37 (WEB)
31But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you. 32“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 33Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning. 36Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. 37Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
Cross references
- Matthew 6:21
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Colossians 3:1–3
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,