# Sell your possessions and give alms "Sell your possessions and give what you earn to the poor" # Make for yourselves purses which will not wear out This is the result of giving to the poor. Alternate translation: "In this way you will make for yourselves money bags that will not get holes in them # that does not run out "that does not diminish" or "that does not become less" # where no thief comes near "where thieves do not come near" # no moth destroys "moths do not destroy. "A "moth" is a small insect that eats holes in fabric. You may need to use a different insect, such as an ant or termite.