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Mat 6:19-34. Concluding illustrations of the righteousness of the kingdom - Heavenly-mindedness and filial confidence.
Lay not up for ourselves treasures upon earth - hoard not.
where moth - a “clothes-moth.” Eastern treasures, consisting partly in costly dresses stored up (Job 27:16), were liable to be consumed by moths (Job 13:28; Isa 50:9; Isa 51:8). In Jam 5:2 there is an evident reference to our Lord’s words here.
and rust - any “eating into” or “consuming”; here, probably, “wear and tear.”
doth corrupt - cause to disappear. By this reference to moth and rust our Lord would teach how perishable are such earthly treasures.
and where thieves break through and steal - Treasures these, how precarious!