Give alms; use your wealth in doing good, and then you make it impossible that it should be lost; for the treasure which is given to the poor in Christ's name, is given to Christ, and he will lay it up for us in heaven.
Bags which wax not old; heavenly purses to contain heavenly treasures. Let that which you regard as your chief good be in heaven. Your hearts will then be heavenly, and your treasure and blessedness be eternal.
Verse 33. _SELL THAT YE HAVE_] Dispose of _your goods_. Be not like the foolish man already mentioned, who _laid up_ the produce of his fields, without permitting the poor to partake of God's bounty:...
SELL THAT YE HAVE - Sell your property. Exchange it for that which you can use in distributing charity. This was the condition of their being disciples. Their property they gave up; they forsook it, o...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Warning Against Hypocrisy. (Luke 12:1)_ 2. Encouragements. (Luke 12:4) 3. Warning Against Covetousness. (Luke 12:15) 4. Warning Against Anxiety. ...
WARNING AGAINST WORRY (Matthew 6:25 *, Matthew 6:19 *). In Mt. the section follows the saying about God and Mammon, with which the parable just given by Lk. has an analogy. Lk. and Mt. agree closely,...
THE CREED OF COURAGE AND OF TRUST (Luke 12:1-12)...
One of the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." He said to him, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" He said to them, "Watch and gua...
SELL. Compare Acts 2:44; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:37. THAT YE HAVE. Greek. _huparcho:_ your possessions. See note on "is", Philippians 1:3;...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_Sell that ye have_ This command was taken very literally by the early Church, Acts 2:44-45. Comp. Luke 16:9; Matthew 19:21....
ΠΩΛΉΣΑΤΕ ΤᾺ ὙΠΆΡΧΟΝΤΑ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. This command was taken very literally by the early Church, Acts 2:44-45. Comp. Luke 16:9; Matthew 19:21. ΒΑΛΛΆΝΤΙΑ. See on...
LESSONS OF TRUSTFULNESS (22–32), ALMSGIVING (33, 34), AND FAITHFUL WATCHFULNESS (35–48). THE SEARCHING EFFECT OF CHRIST’S WORK (49–53)...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
VER 32. FEAR NOT, LITTLE FLOCK; FOR IT IS YOUR FATHER'S GOOD PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU THE KINGDOM. 33. SELL THAT YOU HAVE, AND GIVE ALMS; PROVIDE YOURSELVES BAGS WHICH WAX NOT OLD, A TREASURE IN THE HEAVE...
ΠΩΛΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΩΛΈΩ (G4452) продавать. _Aor. imper._ призывает к специфическому действию, ΥΠΆΡΧΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΎΠΆΡΧΩ (G5225) существовать, быть в распоряжении кого-л. Pa...
FEAR NOT, LITTLE FLOCK, &C.— "Since the will of God is your everlasting happiness, he will surely bestow on you the necessaries of the present life." This part of the charge may be considered as paral...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Astuteness in Alertness (Luke 12:13-34) 13 One of the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. 14But he said to him, Man, who made m...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _How to be Rich Toward God Scripture_ Luke 12:22-34 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for _your_ life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your...
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, THEREFORE I S...
14 See Exo_2:14. 15 Compare 1Ti_6:6-10. 15 A telling truth which would do more to ameliorate the ills of humanity than all government, were it heeded, is embodied in the phrase, "the superfluity of...
See on Matthew 19:21; Matthew 6:20. SELL THAT YE HAVE, etc.] Christ addresses not all the disciples, but those who, like the apostles, had received a call to leave all, and devote themselves to the wo...
THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES. THE RICH FOOL 1-12. Jesus warns His followers against Pharisaic hypocrisy, and exhorts them to be courageous in face of opposition. This speech is not unsuitable to the co...
AGAINST ANXIETY ABOUT WEALTH AND WORLDLY THINGS. Almost the whole of this section occurs in St. Matthew's Sermon on the Mount. The present context, however, is very suitable, and is perhaps correct....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 JESUS WARNS AND ENCOURAGES HIS *DISCIPLES 12:1-12 1 WARNING ABOUT THE FALSE LIVES OF THE *PHARISEES 12:1-3 V1 Thousands of people had gathered. T...
SELL THAT YE HAVE. — In its generalised form the precept is peculiar to St. Luke, but it has its parallel in the command given to the young ruler. (See Note on Matthew 19:21.) It was clearly one of th...
counsels a heroic mood for which apprehension as to future temporal want has become an impossibility, such want being now viewed as a means of ensuring the one object of desire, eternal riches. πωλήσα...
_The little flock_, in Lk. only. ποίμνιον (contracted from ποιμένιον), a flock (of sheep), a familiar designation of the body of believers in the apostolic age (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:3); μικρὸν adds p...
THE CURE FOR ANXIOUS CARE Luke 12:22-34 Notice this contrast between two kinds of men: the one cares for himself, is anxious for this life, worries about food and clothes and standing a cubit higher...
Knowing that the enmity of the rulers against Him would proceed also against His disciples, He told them not to be afraid of those who kill the body, remembering ever their Father's care, as revealed...
(10) Sell that ye have, and give (k) alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. (10) A godly bou...
Be not solicitous that whilst you are fighting for the kingdom of heaven, the necessities of this life will be wanting to you, on account of his command. Sell what you possess, that you may bestow cha...
SOLICITUDE Luke 12:22-31. This item of our Savior's discourse is so identical with a paragraph in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6), that I forbear quotation, the substantial repetition of the Great...
_The Application._ “ _And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind._ 30. _For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father know...
3 _d. To the Disciples: Luke 12:22-40_. Disengagement from earthly goods. The following exhortations suppose faith. The believer should renounce the pursuit of earthly goods: 1. From a feeling of enti...
(32) Fear not little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (33) Sell that ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens t...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
chapter 12 puts the disciples into this place of testimony by the power of the Holy Ghost, and with the world opposed to them, after the Lord's departure. It is the word and the Holy Ghost, instead of...
SELL THAT YE HAVE, AND GIVE ALMS,.... Since they had a kingdom bequeathed them by their heavenly Father, they should be so far from indulging an anxious care about food and raiment, that when there wa...
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. Ver. 33. _A treasure in t...
_Fear not, little flock_ You, my dear property and charge, however feeble you may seem; fear not, I say, that you shall be left destitute of those common blessings of providence, _for it is your Fathe...
The little flock:...
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....
THE PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST FALSE LEADERS (vs.1-12) At a time when the crowd was extremely large, the Lord addressed His disciples "first of all," warning them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,...
22-40 Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to disquieting, perplexing cares, Matthew 6:25. The arguments here used are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is t...
Ver. 33,34. The immutable purpose of the Divine Being to glorify the disciples of Christ, the freedom of the Divine will in the gift of heaven and glory, are neither of them exclusive of, but include...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV He is, in truth, "the bag that waxeth not old," the provisions of eternal life, "the treasure that faileth not in heaven."[38] Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works a...
Luke 12:33 Sell G4453 (G5657) you G5216 have G5224 (G5723) and G2532 give G1325 (G5628) alms...
THE RESOURCES THAT THEY WILL NOT NEED (12:33-34). “Sell what you have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens which does not fail, where no thief d...
HIS DISCIPLES SHOULD HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON HEAVENLY AFFAIRS NOT EARTHLY AFFAIRS (12:22-34). Having made clear His position concerning wealth and its use Jesus now turns to those who have little weal...
SECTION 5 (12:1-14:35). We commence here a new section of Luke. As we shall see this section centres around a mighty act of Jesus in delivering a woman bound by Satan, and thus doubled up and unable t...
Luke 12:33. SELL WHAT YE HAVE, AND GIVE ALMS. Comp. Matthew 6:19-21, but this is stronger. The connection of thought is with Luke 12:17 (‘what shall I do?'), telling how earthly riches should be inves...
Luke 12:22-34. WARNING AGAINST WORLDLY CARE, or lessons of trust in God. These verses were addressed to the disciples (Luke 12:22), and the connection with what precedes is close. THEREFORE, since wo...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
CHAPTER 12 is made up of a series of discourses following each other in immediate succession, but with less of unity and logical connection than are found in most of our Lord's recorded sermons. Some...
SELL THAT YE HAVE (Πωλησατε τα υπαρχοντα υμων). Not in Matthew. Did Jesus mean this literally and always? Luke has been charged with Ebionism, but Jesus does not condemn property as inherently sinfu...
Luke 12:13. _And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?_ Our Lord...
In this chapter, our Saviour dispels the fears of his disciples concerning temporal things, and especially their fear of persecution and their fear of want. Luke 12:1. In the mean time, when there we...
Luke 12:13. _And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me, And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?_ Our Lord...
Luke 12:22. _And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the...
CONTENTS: Jesus warns of leaven of the Pharisees. Parable of the rich fool. Parable of the second coming. Parable of the steward and his servants. Christ, the divider of men. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disci...
Luke 12:1. _There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people._ The Greek is myriads, or ten thousands of people. Luke 12:5. _Power to cast into hell._ The Greek is Gehenna, as on Isaiah...
SELL ALL YOUR BELONGINGS. The Lord does not intend to say that everyone should take a "vow of poverty." He shows that the only way to _store up wealth_ is to _use it_ for good. Compare Acts 2:45. See...
_Sell that ye have, and give alms_ SELL ALL Do not hoard it for yourself; do not, like the rich fool, call them _your _fruits. Do not consider yourselves proprietors of your goods. Regard them not a...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 12:33 GIVE TO THE NEEDY is a strong emphasis in Luke. MONEYBAGS THAT DO NOT GROW OLD is a metaphor for the place where one stores one’s treasures. The disciples are to exhibit great...
CHAPTER 12 VER. 1. _In the mean time when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people._ The Greek has "the myriads of the multitude." A myriad contains exactly ten thousand, and is...
_Sell what ye have, and give alms._ This is a counsel, not a precept, as Pelagius would have it, who said that all Christians ought to be poor, from the precept of Christ. This is shewn by the words o...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 12:22. TAKE NO THOUGHT.—Rather, “be not anxious” (R.V.). The meaning of the word “thought” has changed since 1611. Then it meant “anxiety” (see 1 Samuel 9:5). Luke 12:23. IS MOR...
EXPOSITION LUKE 12:1 _The Lord_,_ after leaving the Pharisee_'_s house_,_ speaks at great length to a numerous crowd waiting for him_,_ addressing his words principally to his own disciples. _The for...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 12. We are dealing with the final month in the ministry of Jesus. He has returned to Jerusalem. He will soon be leaving Jerusalem to go down to th...
1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:34; Acts 4:35;...
Bags [β α λ λ α ν τ ι α]. From ballw, to throw. Something into which money and other things are cast. Rev., purses. See on ch. Luke 10:4. Wyc., satchels. Moth. Compare James 5:2....
Sell what ye have — This is a direction, not given to all the multitude: (much less is it a standing rule for all Christians:) neither to the apostles; for they had nothing to sell, having left all be...
The next duty which our Saviour exhorts his disciples to, is the duty of alms-giving; that they should be so far from distrusting God's provisions for themselves, that they should be always forward to...