And a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh heads of grain in his sack. And he said, Give it to the people, that they may eat.

So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the Word of Jehovah.

If I have withheld from the poor their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

or eaten my morsel by myself, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; but the one who withholds more than is right, tends to poverty.

Give a share to seven, and also to eight; for you do not know what evil shall be on the earth.

He answered and said to them, He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.

For some thought, because Judas had the moneybag, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy those things we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.

For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing,

So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not from sorrow or out of duty; for God loves a cheerful giver.

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