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Markus 14:6-8
“ Leave her alone,” said Jesus.“ Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. (niv)
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2 Korinther 8 2-2 Korinther 8 3
In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, (niv)
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Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, (niv)
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Markus 12:41-44
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said,“ Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything— all she had to live on.” (niv)
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2 Korinther 8 12
For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. (niv)
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1 Chronik 29 17
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. (niv)
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1 Chronik 29 2-1 Chronik 29 3
With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God— gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble— all of these in large quantities.Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple: (niv)
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2 Chronik 6 8
But the Lord said to my father David,‘ You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. (niv)
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Psalm 62:9
Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. (niv)
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Sprüche 19:1
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. (niv)
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Hiob 6:15
But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow (niv)
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Hiob 17:5
If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail. (niv)
