9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with qthe firstfruits of all your produce;
Matthew 4:1
1 sThen Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness tto be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 6:2
2 t“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may ube praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have vreceived their reward.
Matthew 6:24
24 c“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and dmoney.1
Luke 4:16–21
16 sAnd he came to tNazareth, where he had been brought up. And uas was his custom, vhe went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up wto read. 17 And xthe scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 y“The Spirit of the Lord zis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to aproclaim good news to the poor.
bHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and crecovering of sight to the blind,
dto set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 eto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and fsat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were gfixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today hthis Scripture ihas been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Luke 9:62
62 Jesus said to him, w“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Acts 20:35
35 In all things iI have shown you that jby working hard in this way we must khelp the weak and lremember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed mto give than to receive.’”
2 Corinthians 5:10
10 For wwe must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, xso that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2 Corinthians 8:3
3 For they gave jaccording to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
Philippians 4:17
17 hNot that I seek the gift, but I seek ithe fruit that increases to your credit.1
James 1:17
17 zEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from athe Father of lights, bwith whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.1
1 Peter 4:10
10 sAs each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, tas good stewards of God’s varied grace:
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