⁵ Take ye from among you an offering unto Jehovah; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering: gold, and silver, and brass,

² Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.

³ And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,

⁴ and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' `hair',

⁵ and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,

⁶ oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

⁷ onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

³ Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

⁹ My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.

⁴¹ And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

⁴² And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

⁴³ And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:

⁴⁴ for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, `even' all her living.

⁷ `Let' each man `do' according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

¹¹ But now complete the doing also; that as `there was' the readiness to will, so `there may be' the completion also out of your ability.

¹² For if the readiness is there, `it is' acceptable according as `a man' hath, not according as `he' hath not.