Thematic Bible: Alms
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Alms » Almsgiving, general advice concerning
"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.
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Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."
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But give your inmost life as charity, and you will immediately find everything clean.
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Sell what belongs to you, and give away the money! Get yourselves purses that will never wear out, inexhaustible riches in heaven, where thieves cannot get near nor moths destroy.
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When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."
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But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Master, "See, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him four times as much."
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Even if I give away everything I own, and give myself up, but do it in pride, not love, it does me no good.
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Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get! But when you give to charity, your own left hand must not know what your right hand is doing, read more.
so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."
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But give your inmost life as charity, and you will immediately find everything clean.
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Sell what belongs to you, and give away the money! Get yourselves purses that will never wear out, inexhaustible riches in heaven, where thieves cannot get near nor moths destroy.
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If anyone begs from you, give to him, and when anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.
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the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
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So I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on to you ahead of me, to arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so as to have it ready, like an expression of your good will, not of your avarice. Remember this: The man who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and the man who sows generously will reap generously. Everyone must give what he has made up his mind to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion; God loves a man who is glad to give.
Only, we were to remember the poor, and that I have taken pains to do.
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Charge them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous,
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But do not forget to be helpful and generous, for that is the kind of sacrifice that pleases God.
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But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
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Alms » Instances of giving » The early Christians
The believers all shared everything they had with one another, and sold their property and belongings, and divided the money with all the rest, according to their special needs.
No one among them was in any want, for any who owned lands or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sale and put them at the disposal of the apostles; then they were shared with everyone in proportion to his need. Joseph, a Levite, and a native of Cyprus, whom the apostles had named Barnabas, which means Son of Encouragement, read more.
sold a piece of land that belonged to him, and brought the proceeds and put them at the disposal of the apostles.
sold a piece of land that belonged to him, and brought the proceeds and put them at the disposal of the apostles.
In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve called in the whole body of disciples and said to them, "It is not desirable that we should give up preaching the word of God to keep accounts. You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,
The disciples determined to make up a contribution, each according to his ability, and send it to the brothers who lived in Judea, and this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
After an absence of several years, I had come to bring charitable donations for my nation, and to offer sacrifice.
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Just now I am starting for Jerusalem, to take help to God's people. For Macedonia and Greece have determined to make a contribution for the poor among God's people in Jerusalem. They determined to do it, and they really are indebted to them, for if the heathen have shared their spiritual blessings, they ought to do them a service in material ways. read more.
So when I have finished this matter, and seen this contribution safely into their possession, I will start for Spain, and come to you on the way,
So when I have finished this matter, and seen this contribution safely into their possession, I will start for Spain, and come to you on the way,
About the collection for God's people, I want you to do as I told the churches of Galatia to do. On the first of every week each of you is to put aside and store up whatever he gains, so that money will not have to be collected after I come. When I come I will send whatever persons you authorize with credentials, to carry your gift to Jerusalem. read more.
And if it seems worth while for me to go myself, they can go with me.
And if it seems worth while for me to go myself, they can go with me.
I must tell you, brothers, how the favor of God has been shown in the churches of Macedonia, for in spite of a severe ordeal of trouble, their extraordinary gladness, combined with their extreme poverty, has overflowed in a wealth of generosity. For they have given to the utmost of their ability, as I can bear them witness, and beyond it, read more.
and begged me most earnestly, of their own accord, to let them share in the support of their fellow-Christians.
and begged me most earnestly, of their own accord, to let them share in the support of their fellow-Christians.
It is really unnecessary for me to write to you about this fund for your fellow-Christians,
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For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have showed for his cause, in giving help to your fellow-Christians as you still do.
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Alms » Asking
Then his neighbors and people who had formerly seen him begging, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"
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when a man who had been lame from his birth was carried by. He used to be placed every day at what was known as the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, to beg from the people on their way into the Temple,
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Alms » Instances of giving » Zaccheus
But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Master, "See, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him four times as much."
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Alms » Instances of giving » Cornelius
He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.
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Alms » Instances of giving » Dorcas
Among the disciples at Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, which is in Greek Dorcas, that is, gazelle. She had devoted herself to doing good and to acts of charity.
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