You should each give, then, as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty; for God loves the one who gives gladly.

"Tell the Israelites to make an offering to me. Receive whatever offerings anyone wishes to give.

Make an offering to the LORD. Everyone who wishes to do so is to bring an offering of gold, silver, or bronze;

and everyone who wished to do so brought an offering to the LORD for making the Tent of the LORD's presence. They brought everything needed for use in worship and for making the priestly garments.

All who wanted to, both men and women, brought decorative pins, earrings, rings, necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry and dedicated them to the LORD.

All the people of Israel who wanted to brought their offering to the LORD for the work which he had commanded Moses to do.

Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God's Temple.

and for all the objects which the skilled workers are to make. Now who else is willing to give a generous offering to the LORD?"

the following for the work on the Temple: 190 tons of gold, 380 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 3,750 tons of iron.

The people had given willingly to the LORD, and they were happy that so much had been given. King David also was extremely happy.

You are great and powerful, glorious, splendid, and majestic. Everything in heaven and earth is yours, and you are king, supreme ruler over all.

Now, our God, we give you thanks, and we praise your glorious name.

You know, O LORD, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

I know that you test everyone's heart and are pleased with people of integrity. In honesty and sincerity I have willingly given all this to you, and I have seen how your people who are gathered here have been happy to bring offerings to you.

but the LORD said to him, 'You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,

It is a disgrace to be greedy; poor people are better off than liars.

then a poor widow came along and dropped in two little copper coins, worth about a penny.

For the others put in what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, put in all she had---she gave all she had to live on."

You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.

She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial.

Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume.

"The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.

But the servant who does not know what his master wants, and yet does something for which he deserves a whipping, will be punished with a light whipping. Much is required from the person to whom much is given; much more is required from the person to whom much more is given.

Whoever is faithful in small matters will be faithful in large ones; whoever is dishonest in small matters will be dishonest in large ones.

Jesus looked around and saw rich people dropping their gifts in the Temple treasury,

He said, "I tell you that this poor widow put in more than all the others.

Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.