Luke 12:33

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”

while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. They have exhausted themselves, and profit nothing. You will be ashamed of your fruits, because of Yahweh’s fierce anger.”

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will consume it.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he will surely live. He will not die.

Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

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

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

“You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says Yahweh of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

and laid them at the apostles’ feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

how in much proof of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.

Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.