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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · translation · orthodox reading
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Sell and Give Alms: The Treasure in the Heavens — Lk 12:33-34
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33
Πωλήσατε τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν καὶ δότε ἐλεημοσύνην· ποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς βαλλάντια μὴ παλαιούμενα, θησαυρὸν ἀνέκλειπτον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅπου κλέπτης οὐκ ἐγγίζει οὐδὲ σὴς διαφθείρει·
Vendete ciò che possedete e datelo in elemosina; fatevi borse che non invecchiano, un tesoro sicuro nei cieli, dove ladro non arriva e tarlo non consuma.
Sell your possessions — what you hold as landed property — and give them as alms of justice almsⓘ, redistributing to the poor according to the commandment; make for yourselves in this way purses pursesⓘ that do not wear out and do not grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens treasure in the heavensⓘ, there where the thief thiefⓘ does not draw near nor does the moth mothⓘ gnaw and destroy: heavensⓘ the heavenly treasure knows nothing of the decay of the earthly one.
34
ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν ἔσται.
Perché, dov'è il vostro tesoro, là sarà anche il vostro cuore.
For there where your treasure treasureⓘ is, there will also be your heart heartⓘ — the whole inward direction of a person follows what he has chosen as his supreme good.