“... 33 "Sell your belongings and give them away as alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not fail, where no thief gets near to it, no moth destroys it. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be." COMMENT The exhortation addressed to the disciples continues with a radical counsel about disposing of earthly possessions in favor of a treasure in heaven (12:33-34). The first piece of advice in v. 33a undoubtedly stems from Luke's pen (it echoes 11:41; cf. S. Schulz, Q: Die Spruchquelle, 142). The rest of this verse and v. 34 are derived from "Q." The Matthean parallel is found in 6:19-21, in a different part of the sermon on the mount [...]. Another form of the saying is found at the end of Gos. of Thom. § 76 (added to the parable of the hidden pearl): "You too must seek for the treasure which does not fail (but) which remains, there where no moth gets near to eat and no worm destroys." That is scarcely more original than the canonical forms. [...] a treasure in heaven that will not fail. Cf. 16:9c; 18:22e. Luke has added the descriptive adj. to the treasure of "Q"; it is to be understood as a treasure not to be lost through death. Cp. 12:16-21. Cf. Sir 29:11-12; Col 3:2. where no thief gets near to it. I.e. to steal it. no moth destroys. I.e. as in a clothes closet, where expensive garments (a form of ancient wealth) would be stored. ...”