en_tn/mat/06/19.md

# Connecting Statement:

Jesus begins to teach about money and possessions.

# General Information:

Jesus is talking to a group of people about what they as individuals should or should not do. All occurrences of "you" and "your" are plural, except in verse 21, where they are singular. In some languages these occurrences of "you" and "your" may also need to be plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# treasures

riches, the things to which a person gives the most value

# where moth and rust destroy

"where moth and rust ruin treasures"

# moth

a small, flying insect that destroys cloth

# rust

a brown substance that forms on metals

# store up for yourselves treasures in heaven

This is a metaphor that means do good things on earth so God will reward you in heaven. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# there will your heart be also

Here "heart" means a person's thoughts and interests. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jesus begins to teach about money and possessions.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

Fixed note 2017-08-17 15:29:25 +00:00			`Jesus is talking to a group of people about what they as individuals should or should not do. All occurrences of "you" and "your" are plural, except in verse 21, where they are singular. In some languages these occurrences of "you" and "your" may also need to be plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# treasures`

Fixed single-word snippets. 2017-11-14 19:16:12 +00:00			`riches, the things to which a person gives the most value`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# where moth and rust destroy`

			`"where moth and rust ruin treasures"`

			`# moth`

			`a small, flying insect that destroys cloth`

			`# rust`

			`a brown substance that forms on metals`

			`# store up for yourselves treasures in heaven`

			`This is a metaphor that means do good things on earth so God will reward you in heaven. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# there will your heart be also`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here "heart" means a person's thoughts and interests. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# translationWords`

Added "heart" to tW list 2017-10-27 17:45:02 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]`