Luke 6:45

6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his ¹  heart ²  produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury ³  produces evil, for his mouth speaks ⁴  from what fills ⁵  his heart.

Luke 12:33

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.

Luke 18:22

18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have ¹¹  and give the money ¹²  to the poor, ¹³  and you will have treasure ¹⁴  in heaven. Then ¹⁵  come, follow me.”

¹ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here and in the following clause (“out of the evil”) as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

² sn Mention of the heart shows that Jesus is not interested in what is done, but why. Motives are more important than actions for him.

³ tn The word “treasury” is not repeated in the Greek text at this point, but is implied.

⁴ sn What one utters from one’s mouth is especially singled out as the example of this principle. James seems to have known this teaching (Jas 1:26; 3:1-12).

⁵ tn Grk “for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

⁶ sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result.

⁷ tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today.

⁸ tn Grk “in the heavens.”

⁹ tn Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.”

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ sn See Luke 14:33.

¹² tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹³ sn See Luke 1:50-53; 6:20-23; 14:12-14.

¹⁴ sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: …you will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10.

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the conversation.