Giving

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"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. Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly." ~ "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give." ~ "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." ~ "Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." ~ "How many loaves do you have?" ~ "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury, for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on." ~ "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." ~ "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me." ~ "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life." ~ "I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word. Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you, the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me." ~ "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
MATT. 6:1-4, 10:8, 19:21, 19:23-24; MARK 8:5, 12:43-44; LUKE 6:38, 22:19; JOHN 3:16, 17:6-8; ACTS 20:35