The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 13:19

1830 Edition

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:

Influences

Matthew 6:19 (KJV)
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Changes

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:;

Simple English

Don’t save up treasures for yourselves on earth. Moths and rust can ruin them. Robbers can break in and steal them.

Paraphrase

Don’t pile up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.