"Take care not to be doing your charitable giving before men, so as to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have not a reward from your Father in heaven.

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.

So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, "Still one thing you lack: sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

Then Peter said, "See, we have left all and followed You."

Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold."

And He said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put [in] more than all.

For all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put [in] all the livelihood which she had."

for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Some indeed are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will:

but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

Then Shadrach, Meshach [and] Abed-Nego answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, We have no need to answer you concerning this matter.

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we [will] not serve your gods, neither [will we] worship the image which you have set up.

And he commanded mighty men to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace.

forasmuch as the king's word prevailed; and the furnace was made exceedingly hot.

And Nebuchadnezzar heard them singing praises. And he wondered, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? And they said to the king, Yes, O king.

Then Nebuchadnezzar drew near to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abed-Nego, you servants of the Most High God, proceed forth, and come here. So Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abed-Nego, came forth out of the midst of the fire.

And King Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, [and] Abed-Nego, who has sent His angel, and delivered His servants, because they trusted in Him; and they have changed the king's word, and delivered their bodies to be burned, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name we cast out demons, and in Your name we did many mighty works?'

"And then I will confess to them, 'I never knew you! Depart from Me, you who work iniquity!'

Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for You."

Greater love has no one than this, that one should lay down his life on behalf of his friends.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, in behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus."

according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be ashamed, but with utmost boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

For to me, to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.

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

And I will declare your righteousness, and your sins, which shall not profit you.

But seeing you have trusted in lying words, whereby you shall not be profited;

It is the Spirit who makes alive; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

For bodily exercise is profitable a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life and of the coming life.

Do not be carried away with various and strange doctrines. For it is good [for] the heart to be established by grace, not by foods, by which those having walked were not profited.

What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Is that [kind of] faith able to save him?

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the necessary things of the body, what [is] the benefit?