Sharing Wealth

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury--rich men, — read the full passage →

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common, — read the full passage →

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction, — read the full passage →

And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much, — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common. — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon. — read the full passage →

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, — read the full passage →

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign; — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.' — read the full passage →

And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing--in all good things.

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

a field being his, having sold <FI>it<Fi> , brought the money and laid <FI>it<Fi> at the feet of the apostles.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor--because yours is the reign of God.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace; — read the full passage →

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?