Thematic Bible: Rules for


Thematic Bible



Buttake heed, that ye do not, your righteousness, before men, to be gazed at by them, - otherwise at least, reward, have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens. When, therefore, thou mayest be doing an alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, just as, the hypocrites, do in the synagogues and in the streets - that they may be glorified by men, - Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. But, thou, when doing an alms, let not, thy left hand, know what thy right hand is doing; read more.
that thine alms may be in secret, - and, thy Father, who seeth in secret, will give it back to thee.

As to this, however, he that soweth sparingly, sparingly, also shall reap, and, he that soweth with blessings, with blessings, also shall reap: Each one, according as he hath purposed in his heart, not sorrowfully, nor of necessity, - for, a cheerful giver, God, loveth.


Howbeit, now, the doing also, complete ye, in order that, even according to the forwardness of the desiring, so, may be the completing - out of what ye have. For, if the forwardness is set forth, according to what one may have, he is well approved, not according to what one hath not.

In order that their surplus may come to be for your deficiency: that there may come about an equality: - Verse ConceptsPeople ProvidingPlenty For The PoorSurplusAbundanceReciprocityHelping Those In NeedHelping Others In Needfairnesssales