giving back
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35I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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.
38Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”
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.
9Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits,
11So then, having been enriched in all things, you may abound in all simplicity, which works thanksgiving to God through us.
21For where your treasure is, there also is your heart.
8Cure the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You have received freely, so give freely.
30All the tithes of the land, whether from the grain, or from the fruits of trees, are for the Lord and are sanctified to him.
11But in response, he said to them: “Whoever has two coats, let him give to those who do not have. And whoever has food, let him act similarly.”
9Honor the Lord with your substance, and give to him from the first of all your fruits, 10and then your storehouses will be filled with abundance, and your presses shall overflow with wine.
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.
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. 8And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work,