Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
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"{Why} was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"
[For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.
He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.
You have not brought me your sheep for a burnt offering nor honored me [with] your sacrifice. I have not made you serve with offerings, nor have I made you weary with frankincense.
a woman came up to him holding an alabaster flask of very expensive perfumed oil, and poured [it] out on his head [while he] was reclining at table. And [when] the disciples saw [it] they were indignant, saying, "{Why} this waste?
Will a human [dare to] rob God? Yet you [are] robbing me! And you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In the tithes and the contributions!
There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth {hoarded} by its owner to his harm.
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Hoard up
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth {hoarded} by its owner to his harm. That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.
Riches » The wicked » Keep, to their hurt
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth {hoarded} by its owner to his harm.