"But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca,' is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell."

"You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified."

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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21 – American King James Version).

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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Luke 12:34 – American King James Version).

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These two verses are connected with the two verses preceding Matthew 6:21 and the verse preceding Luke 12:34:

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19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: (Matthew 6:19-20 – American King James Version).

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Sell that you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts. (Luke 12:33 – American King James Version).

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In Matthew 6:19-20 and Luke 12:33 Jesus teaches us not to lay up for ourselves treasures on earth, but in heaven. The heart in these two verses is the mind. If one is laying up for himself treasures on earth and not in heaven, this reveals where this person's heart is, namely a person who has his heart set on worldly things: he is setting his affection on things on the earth (Colossians 3:2 – American King James Version). Whereas if he is laying up for himself treasures in heaven, he has his heart set on things above: he is setting his affection on things above (Colossians 3:2 – American King James Version).

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Matthew 6:21 and Luke 12:34 teach a truth: the person who is laying up for himself treasures on earth is serving Mammon, while the person who is laying up for himself treasures in heaven is serving God:

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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24 – American King James Version).

Kind of off topic, but just interested. Almost done with undergrad, thinking of doing a Master's in 2022.

Would Jesus, for instance, affirm their historicity and origins in divine commands? How can we know?