Reference: Gift, Giving
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GIFT, GIVING
I. In the OT.
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on reaching the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down to worship him, and opening their caskets they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;
Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,
But you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service, but it is Korban' (that is, dedicated to God),
Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.
If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them.
Now there was a woman in the town who was a sinner, and when she found out that Jesus was at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume
and by some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses, Mary called Magdalene (out of whom seven daemons had been driven),
Some were speaking of the temple with its ornamentation of splendid stones and votive gifts, but he said,
They gave a supper for him there; Martha waited on him, and Lazarus was among those who reclined at table beside him.
So the disciples put aside money, as each of them was able to afford it, for a contribution to be sent to the brothers in Judaea.
(though at the same time he hoped Paul would give him a bribe). So he did send for him pretty frequently and conversed with him.
Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.
and the dwellers on earth will gloat over them and rejoice, sending presents to congratulate one another ??for these two prophets were a torment to the dwellers on earth.
By its light will the nations walk; and into it will the kings of earth bring their glories