Thematic Bible: Commandments and practices concerning


Thematic Bible



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, When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward. When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, read more.
so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.










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That is why I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on in advance and get your promised contribution ready in good time. I want it to be forthcoming as a generous gift, not as money wrung out of you. Mark this: he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and he who sows generously will reap a generous harvest. Everyone is to give what he has made up his mind to give; there is to be no grudging or compulsion about it, for God loves the giver who gives cheerfully.