Jesus Teaches About Money 

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."  Matthew 6:19-21

"No one can serve two masters.  Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve two masters"  Matthew 6:24

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?  Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:17-18

Then he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.  He thought to himself, "What should I do?  I have no place to store my crops."

"Then he said, "This is what I'll do.  I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.  And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years.  Take life easy; eat, dring and be merry."

"But God said to him, "You fool!  This very night of your life will be demanded from you.  Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?"

"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."  Luke 12:16-21 

One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

A generous man will prosper;
he who refreshes other will himself be refreshed.  Proverbs 11:24-25

Verse Explainations

Matthew 6: 24
We should not be fascinated with our possessions lest they possess us.  Jesus is calling for a decision that allows us to live contentedly with whatever we have because we have chosen what is eternal and lasting.

Proverbs 11:24-25
The world says to hold on to as much as possible, but God blesses those who give freely of their possessions, time and energy.  Then we give, God supplies us with more so that we can give more.  In additon, giving helps us gain a right perspective on our possessions.  We realize they were never really ours to begin with, but they were given to us by God to be used to help others.  What then do we gain by giving?  Freedom from enslavement to our possessions, the joy of helping others, and God's approval.