Luk 12:33 | NET2full | STEP | Sell your possessions and give to the poor . Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out —a treasure in heaven that never decreases , where no thief approaches and no moth destroys .

Luke 12:33

33 Sell your possessions ^{▼▼sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result.} and give to the poor. ^{▼▼tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today.} Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out—a treasure in heaven ^{▼▼tn Grk “in the heavens.”} that never decreases, ^{▼▼tn Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.”} where no thief approaches and no moth ^{▼▼tn The term σής (sēs) refers to moths in general. It is specifically the larvae of moths that destroy clothing by eating holes in it (L&N 4.49; BDAG 922 s.v.). See Jas 5:2, which mentions “moth-eaten” clothing.} destroys.