'Collect' in the Bible
“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.
“Yes,” he said.When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”
When the grape harvest drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to collect his fruit.
When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”“Twelve,” they told Him.
“When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”“Seven,” they said.
At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.
He told them, “Don’t collect any more than what you have been authorized.”
because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’
When they were full, He told His disciples, “Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.”
The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.