³⁰ Say to them, then, When the best of it is lifted up on high, it is to be put to the account of the Levites as the increase of the grain-floor and of the place where the grapes are crushed.

¹¹ And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

²⁷ And this lifted offering is to be put to your credit as if it was grain from the grain-floor and wine from the vines.

²⁸ So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.

⁵ And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

⁹ Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

¹⁰ So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

⁸ And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

³³ But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

³⁷ He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

³⁸ And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

³⁹ He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

⁸ Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

⁹ And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: