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G2812κλέπτηςkleptēs
thiefPart of speech: Greek Noun (Masculine)
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Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
κλέπται kleptai “thieves”
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
κλέπται kleptai “thieves”
But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
κλέπτης kleptēs “thief”
Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction
κλέπτης kleptēs “thief”
But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
κλέπτης kleptēs “thief”
Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.
κλέπτης kleptēs “a thief”
All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.
κλέπται kleptai “thieves”
The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
κλέπτης kleptēs “thief”
(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
κλέπτης kleptēs “a thief”
Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.
κλέπται kleptai “thieves”
For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
κλέπτης kleptēs “a thief”
But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:
κλέπτης kleptēs “a thief”
Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;
κλέπτης kleptēs “a thief”
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
κλέπτης kleptēs “a thief”
Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
κλέπτης, kleptēs “a thief,”
(See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)
κλέπτης. kleptēs “a thief.”