“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, — read the full passage →
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →
They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia; — read the full passage →
Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. — read the full passage →
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. — read the full passage →
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. — read the full passage →
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — read the full passage →
Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →
you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. — read the full passage →
All who believed were together, and had all things in common. — read the full passage →
John answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.
Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, — read the full passage →
“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. — read the full passage →
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →
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