14 Bible Verses about Giving Without Expecting Return

and if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

'And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good -- from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;'

and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'

and Peter said, 'Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.'

and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,