Treasure

Where your treasures are, there will your hearts be also. 140:6.11 165:4.5 165:5.4

Lay up your treasures where purses wax not old, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 165:5.4

The parable of the treasure in the field teaches us that the kingdom of heaven is worth sacrificing everything for. 151:4.4

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Take up responsibilities and follow me 140:6.11 — Mt 16:24; Mk 8:34; Mk 10:21; Lk 9:23. *Give alms in secret*: Mt 6:1-4. *Pray in secret*: Mt 6:5-7. *God knows before you ask*: Is 65:24; Mt 6:32. *No fasting with sad faces*: Mt 6:16-18. *Store up treasures in heaven*: Mt 6:19-21; Lk 12:33-34.
• Danger of riches 165:4.5 — Mt 19:23-24; Mk 10:23-25; Lk 18:24-25.
• Treasure in heaven 165:4.5 — Mt 6:19-21; Lk 12:33-34.
• Heart follows treasure 165:5.4 — Mt 6:19-21; Lk 12:32-34.
• Parable of hidden treasure 151:4.4 — Mt 13:44.