Matthew 6:21 (WEB)

Passage

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Matthew 6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Matthew 6:21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

Matthew 6:23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "where", "treasure", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "where" and "treasure", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "but lay up for yourselves treasures in..." into verse 22's "The lamp of the body is the...", so "where" and "treasure" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "where" and "treasure" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.