On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'

Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'