24 Bible Verses about Giving Back

And Jesus replied: "Pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God." And they wondered at him.

And then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good."

Give to every one who asks of you; and, when any one takes away what is yours, do not demand its return.

Give, and others will give to you. A generous measure, pressed and shaken down, and running over, will they pour into your lap; For the measure that you mete will be meted out to you in return."

Give to him who asks of you; and, from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

"The Emperor's," they said; and Jesus replied: "Well then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God."

Pay her back the treatment with which she has treated you; yes, repay twice over what her actions deserve; in the cup which she mixed for you, mix for her as much again;

If you lend only to those from whom you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting as much in return!

('I will come quickly. I bring my rewards with me, to give to each man what his actions deserve.

Or who has first given to him, so that he may claim a recompense?'

Then, if the house is worthy, let your blessing rest upon it, but, if it is unworthy, let your blessing return upon yourselves.

But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master: "Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much."

Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner?

"The Emperor's," they answered: on which he said to them: "Then pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God."

And you are deferential to the man who is wearing grand clothes, and say--"There is a good seat for you here," but to the poor man--"You must stand; or sit down there by my footstool,"

never returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, blessing. It was to this that you were called--to obtain a blessing!

For you know that every one will be rewarded by the Master for any honest work that he has done, whether he is a slave or a freeman.

Then will come the end-when he surrenders the Kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him: "When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers, or your relations, or rich neighbors, for fear that they should invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.

Since God deems it just to inflict suffering upon those who are now inflicting suffering upon you,

No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;

He, however, who is being instructed in the Message ought always to share his blessings with the man who instructs him.

"Let the man who has two coats," answered John, "share with him who has none; and the man who has food do the same."

Therefore, when you do acts of charity, do not have a trumpet blown in front of you, as hypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. There, I tell you, is their reward!