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Chiasm

Matthew 06:19–24

Matthew 06:19–243 matched frames

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 19a Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth
- B 19b where moth and rust doth corrupt
  - C 19c and where thieves break through and steal
A' 20a But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven
- B' 20b where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt
  - C' 20c and where thieves do not break through nor steal
A'' 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

2nd Chiasm (The Eye)

2A. 22a The light of the body is the eye
- 2B. 22b if therefore thine eye be single
  - 2C. 22c thy whole body shall be full of light
- 2B'. 23a But if thine eye be evil
  - 2C'. 23b thy whole body shall be full of darkness
2A'. 23c If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

3rd Chiasm (Two Masters)

3A. 24a No man can serve two masters
- 3B. 24b for either he will hate the one
  - 3C. 24c and love the other
  - 3C'. 24d or else he will hold to the one
- 3B'. 24e and despise the other
3A'. 24f Ye cannot serve God and mammon