2 Corinthians 8:12

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For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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let every man give as he is disposed in his own mind, without any regret or reluctance: for God loves a cheerful benefactor.

and there came a certain poor widow, who threw in two mites, to the value of a farthing.

the poor you have always with you, and you may relieve them whenever you please: but me you will not always have.

and turning to the woman, he said to Simon, do you observe this woman? though I am a guest in your house, you never offer'd me any water for my feet: but she has bath'd my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

but the servant, who knows his master's will, and prepares not himself, nor executes his orders, shall receive many stripes.

He that is faithful in a small trust, will be faithful in a greater: and he that is unfaithful in a little, will be unfaithful in much.

As Jesus was observing the rich casting their offerings into the treasury,

as good economists of the different dispensations of God, communicate to one another the gifts you have receiv'd.