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6For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed. 7For, from the days of your fathers, you have withdrawn from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. And you have said, “In what way, shall we return?” 8If a man will afflict God, then you greatly afflict me. And you have said, “In what way, do we afflict you?” In tithes and in first-fruits. 9And you have been cursed with privation, and you greatly afflict me, even your entire people. 10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.
41And Jesus, sitting opposite the offertory box, considered the way in which the crowd cast coins into the offertory, and that many of the wealthy cast in a great deal. 42But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter. 43And calling together his disciples, he said to them: “Amen I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who contributed to the offertory. 44For they all gave from their abundance, yet truly, she gave from her scarcity, even all that she had, her entire living.”
8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.
7Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
6But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:
7each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
1And so we are making known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given in the churches of Macedonia. 2For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity. 3And I bear witness to them, that they were willing to accept what was in accord with their ability, and even what was beyond their ability. 4For they were begging us, with great exhortation, for the grace and the communication of the ministry that is with the saints. 5And this is beyond what we had hoped, since they gave themselves, first of all to the Lord, and then also to us, through the will of God, 6so much so that we petitioned Titus, that in the same manner as he had begun, he would also complete in you this same grace.
10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.
18But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.
1There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and, indeed, it is frequent among men. 2It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.
3I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
44And then all who believed were together, and they held all things in common. 45They were selling their possessions and belongings, and dividing them to all, just as any of them had need.