Reference: Gift, Giving
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GIFT, GIVING
I. In the OT.
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On coming into the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, and of frankincense, and of myrrh.
Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him to court, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),
Then Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there were a great number of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of perfume,
and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out,
And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, he said,
There they made him a supper; and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
And the disciples determined, each according to his ability, to send relief for the brethren living in Judea.
At the same time, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.
And so I have made it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on another man's foundation,
Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high, he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."
for even in Thessalonica you sent me a gift once and again for my needs.
And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.