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  2. Matthew 6:19–20 - Wikipedia

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    Chrysostom: When He has driven away the disease of vanity, He does well to bring in speech of contempt of riches.For there is no greater cause of desire of money than love of praise; for this men desire troops of slaves, horses accoutred in gold, and tables of silver, not for use or pleasure, but that they may be seen of many; therefore He says, Lay not up for yourselves treasure on earth.

  3. Biblical money management - Wikipedia

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    Biblical money managagement is the use of Biblical scripture to provide advice, guidance and principles for money management. [1] [2]Jesus spoke more about money and material possessions than he did about other topics such as prayer and so there are many parables about them in the New Testament such as the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Rich Fool.

  4. Matthew 6:21 - Wikipedia

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    This verse states that if one places one's treasure in heaven that is where one's heart or attention will be. This is an implicit warning, which is made clear later in the chapter, that if one's treasure is on earth, one's heart and attention will also be on earthly matters, to the exclusion of God.

  5. Matthew 6:31–32 - Wikipedia

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    After giving these explanations Jesus in this verse issues the clear command not to be anxious. The Gentiles had earlier been presented as a bad example in Matthew 6:7 . In this case Fowler notes that Gentiles might not be referring to non-Jews, but to all outside Jesus' group of disciples. [ 1 ]

  6. Parable of the Lost Coin - Wikipedia

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    Joel B. Green notes that "the woman described is a poor peasant", and the ten silver coins, corresponding to ten days' wages, "likely represent the family savings". [2] The coins may also have been the woman's dowry, worn as an ornament.

  7. Parable of the Hidden Treasure - Wikipedia

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    Parable of the Hidden Treasure in the Bowyer Bible Chrysostom : "The foregoing parables of the leaven, and the grain of mustard-seed, are referred to the power of the Gospel preaching, which has subdued the whole world; in order to show its value and splendour, He now puts forth parables concerning a pearl and a treasure, saying, The kingdom of ...

  8. Parable of the Talents - Wikipedia

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    The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges notes that this was "the very least the slave could have done, [as] to make money in this way required no personal exertion or intelligence", [16] and Johann Bengel commented that the labour of digging a hole and burying the talent was greater than the labour involved in going to the bankers. [17]

  9. Matthew 10:10 - Wikipedia

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    Hilary of Poitiers: "The girdle is the making ready for the ministry, the girding up that we may be active in duty; we may suppose that the forbidding money in the girdle is to warn us from suffering any thing in the ministry to be bought and sold. We are not to have a scrip by the way, that is, we are to leave all care of our worldly substance ...

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