The people have sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the accursed thing, and put it into their store.

And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will no longer be with you, unless you remove the accursed thing from yourselves.

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And Naaman saw him running after him, and turned back from his chariot to meet him.

And [Naaman] said, Take two talents of silver. And he took two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of clothing, and put them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him.

And he went in himself and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him,

And cursed is [the man] who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and My name is glorious among the nations.

Will a man insult God? For you insult Me. But you say, How have we insulted You? In that the tithes and firstfruits are with you [still].

And you do surely look off from Me, and you insult Me.

This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to pilfer the things which were placed in it.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some [by] aspiring have strayed away from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart having been trained in greediness, they are accursed children.

They have left behind the straight way and gone astray, having followed after the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Nor was there anyone needy among them; for all who were owners of lands or houses were selling them, and were bringing the proceeds of the things which had been sold,

and were placing them beside the feet of the apostles; and they were distributing to each, to the degree that anyone had need.

who, possessing a field, sold it and brought the money and placed it beside the feet of the apostles.

Whenever therefore you do charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by men. Assuredly I say to you, they receive their reward in full.

But when you do charitable giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and they enlarge the borders of their garments.

doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.