Thematic Bible: Giving according to
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"He will then make one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means,
If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value.
Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
As they were able, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly robes.
I said to them, "To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!" They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.
So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.