² Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.

¹⁶ A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.

³⁰ Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers{TR adds ", raise the dead"}, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

²¹ The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, But the righteous give generously.

³ If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come of you, and of your own have we given you.

⁸ And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

¹⁰ Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.

⁴ Also delight yourself in Yahweh, And he will give you the desires of your heart.

¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

⁷ Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

⁹ Honor Yahweh with your substance, With the first fruits of all your increase:

¹¹ you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

²⁶ There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous give and don't withhold.

²⁵ The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

²⁷ Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do it.

³⁸ "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you.{literally, into your bosom.} For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

¹² For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.

⁹ Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."

³ But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

⁴ so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

⁵ "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

¹⁰ Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

²¹ Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."