'Giving' in the Bible

Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

When Jesus had finished giving orders to His 12 disciples, He moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

He took the seven loaves and the fish, and He gave thanks, broke them, and kept on giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

"Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "'Thou shalt not kill;' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery;' 'Thou shalt not steal;' 'Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;'

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.

And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat, this is my body;'

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you.

Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,

Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

He called the Twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

Then He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks, broke the loaves, and kept on giving them to His disciples to set before the people. So they served the loaves to the crowd.

They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

After screaming out and throwing him into a terrible convulsion, it came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse [so still and pale] that many [of the spectators] said, “He is dead!”

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

You know the Commandments--'Do not murder;' 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Do not defraud;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

But on their giving the answer that Jesus had bidden them give, they let them take it.

Summoning His disciples, He said to them, “I assure you: This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury.

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;

And Jesus said, 'Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body."

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them, and so they all drank from it.

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but the testimonies did not agree.

Some stood up and were giving false testimony against Him, stating,

and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

and one having run, and having filled a spunge with vinegar, having put it also on a reed, was giving him to drink, saying, 'Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to take him down.'

And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled,

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.

Then everyone was astounded, and they were giving glory to God. And they were filled with awe and said, “We have seen incredible things today!”

And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

"And why look at the splinter in your brother's eye instead of giving careful attention to the beam in your own?

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Keep giving us every day our daily bread,

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

But give [as] charitable giving the things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

"Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.

The Lord said, "Who, then, is the faithful and careful servant manager whom his master will put in charge of giving all his other servants their share of food at the right time?

But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.

and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

You know the Commandments: 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not murder;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

Later, Zacchaeus stood up and announced to the Lord, "Look! I'm giving half of my possessions to the destitute, and if I have accused anyone falsely, I'm repaying four times as much as I owe."

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves.

Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine

And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken, he was giving to them,

And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.

And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”

"You are giving testimony about yourself," said the Pharisees; "your testimony is not true."

"Even if I am giving testimony about myself," replied Jesus, "my testimony is true; for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you know neither of these two things.

I am one giving testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony about me."

even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father—and I lay down My [very own] life [sacrificing it] for the benefit of the sheep.

I'm giving you a new commandment"to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

I'm leaving you at peace. I'm giving you my own peace. I'm not giving it to you as the world gives. So don't let your hearts be troubled, and don't be afraid.

I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another."

and said, 'Hail! the king of the Jews;' and they were giving him slaps.

up to the day when he was taken up to heaven after giving orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them;

And, jumping up, he got on to his feet and went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping and giving praise to God.