12:32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased 5 to give you the kingdom. 12:33 Sell your possessions 6 and give to the poor. 7 Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven 8 that never decreases, 9 where no thief approaches and no moth 10 destroys.
1 tn Grk “seek.”
2 tn Grk “seek,” but in the sense of the previous verses.
3 tc Most
4 sn His (that is, God’s) kingdom is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.
3 tn Or perhaps, “your Father chooses.”
4 sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result.
5 tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today.
6 tn Grk “in the heavens.”
7 tn Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.”
8 tn The term σής (shs) 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.