1 Corinthians 16:2
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2 On (A)the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, (B)as he may prosper, (C)so that there will be no collecting when I come.
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2 Corinthians 9:3-5
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3 But (A)I am sending[a] the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, (B)as I said you would be. 4 Otherwise, if some Macedonians (C)come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. 5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the (D)gift[b] you have promised, so that it may be ready (E)as a willing gift, (F)not as an exaction.[c]
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- 2 Corinthians 9:3 Or I have sent
- 2 Corinthians 9:5 Greek blessing; twice in this verse
- 2 Corinthians 9:5 Or a gift expecting something in return; Greek greed
Acts 20:7
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Eutychus Raised from the Dead
7 (A)On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together (B)to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
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Malachi 3:9-10
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9 (A)You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 (B)Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby (C)put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open (D)the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
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Luke 16:10
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10 (A)“One who is (B)faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
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Deuteronomy 15:11-14
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11 For (A)there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, (B)‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’
12 (C)“If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold[a] to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 13 And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed. 14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. (D)As the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
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- Deuteronomy 15:12 Or sells himself
Deuteronomy 8:18
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18 You shall remember the Lord your God, for (A)it is he who gives you power to get wealth, (B)that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
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Revelation 1:10
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10 (A)I was in the Spirit (B)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (C)like a trumpet
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2 Corinthians 8:1-3
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Encouragement to Give Generously
8 We want you to know, brothers,[a] about the grace of God that has been (A)given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and (B)their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3 For they gave (C)according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
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- 2 Corinthians 8:1 Or brothers and sisters
John 20:19
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Jesus Appears to the Disciples
19 (A)On the evening (B)of that day, the first day of the week, (C)the doors being locked where the disciples were (D)for fear of the Jews,[a] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, (E)“Peace be with you.”
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- John 20:19 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
Luke 24:1
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The Resurrection
24 (A)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, (B)taking the spices they had prepared.
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Mark 12:41-44
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The Widow's Offering
41 (A)And he sat down opposite (B)the treasury and watched the people (C)putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two (D)small copper coins, which make a penny.[a] 43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, (E)this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her (F)poverty has put in everything she had, all (G)she had to live on.”
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- Mark 12:42 Greek two lepta, which make a kodrantes; a kodrantes (Latin quadrans) was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
2 Corinthians 8:11-15
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11 So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. 12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable (A)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. 13 For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness 14 your abundance at the present time should supply (B)their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. 15 As it is written, (C)“Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”
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Haggai 2:16-19
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16 how did you fare? (A)When[a] one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 (B)I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, (C)yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. 18 (D)Consider from this day onward, (E)from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since (F)the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, (G)consider: 19 (H)Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on (I)I will bless you.”
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- Haggai 2:16 Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Lord, since they were. When
2 Chronicles 31:10
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10 Azariah the chief priest, who was (A)of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left, (B)for the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left.”
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Genesis 26:12
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12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord (A)blessed him,
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John 20:26
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26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. (A)Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, (B)“Peace be with you.”
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Mark 14:8
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8 (A)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand (B)for burial.
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Genesis 33:11
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11 Please accept my (A)blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he (B)urged him, and he took it.
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Genesis 32:10
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10 (A)I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
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Genesis 30:30
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30 For you had little before I came, (A)and it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I (B)provide for my own household also?”
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Genesis 30:27
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27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that[a] the Lord has blessed me because of you.
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- Genesis 30:27 Or have become rich and
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