Luke 12:33 KJV

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

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Thou and Ye

  • ye, yourselves more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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  • Worldly care reprovedChrist largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to disquieting, perplexing cares, Matt 6:25–34. The arguments here used are for our encouragement...

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Cross References

  • Matthew 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
  • Matthew 6:19–21 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: …
  • Luke 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
  • Acts 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
  • Acts 4:34–35 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, …

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Greek and Strong’s

  • Sell Πωλήσατε Pōlēsate πωλέω Verb · aorist active imperative, second person plural
  • that ye ὑμῶν hymōn Pronoun · second person, genitive plural ὑμῶν hymōn
  • have τὰ ta Pronoun · accusative neuter plural ὑπάρχοντα hyparchonta Verb · present active participle, accusative neuter plural ὑπάρχοντα hypárchonta
  • and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • give δότε dote δίδωμι Verb · aorist active imperative, second person plural
  • alms ἐλεημοσύνην eleēmosynēn ἐλεημοσύνη Noun · accusative feminine singular
  • provide ποιήσατε poiēsate ποιέω Verb · aorist active imperative, second person plural
  • yourselves ἑαυτοῖς heautois ἑαυτοῦ Pronoun · second person, dative masculine plural
  • bags βαλάντια balantia βαλάντιον Noun · accusative neuter plural
  • which wax παλαιούμενα palaioumena παλαιόω Verb · present passive participle, accusative neuter plural
  • not μὴ mē μή Adverb
  • old παλαιόω palaióō
  • a treasure θησαυρὸν thēsauron θησαυρός Noun · accusative masculine singular
  • in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
  • the heavens τοῖς tois Article · dative masculine plural οὐρανοῖς ouranois οὐρανός Noun · dative masculine plural
  • that faileth not ἀνέκλειπτον anekleipton ἀνέκλειπτος Adjective · accusative masculine singular
  • where ὅπου hopou ὅπου Conjunction
  • no οὐκ ouk οὐ Adverb
  • thief κλέπτης kleptēs κλέπτης Noun · nominative masculine singular
  • approacheth ἐγγίζει engizei ἐγγίζω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
  • neither οὐδὲ oude οὐδέ Conjunction
  • moth σὴς sēs σής Noun · nominative masculine singular
  • corrupteth διαφθείρει diaphtheirei διαφθείρω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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