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Luke 12:33
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Luke 12:33
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33 ¶ (A)[a]Sell that ye have, and give [b]alms: make you bags which wax not old: a treasure that can never fail in heaven, where no thief cometh neither moth corrupteth.
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- Luke 12:33 A godly bountifulness is a ready way to get true riches.
- Luke 12:33 This is the figure Metonymy, for by this word, Alms, is meant that compassion and friendliness of an heart that tendereth the misery and poor estate of man, and showeth forth itself by some gift, and hath the name given it in the Greek tongue, of mercy and compassion: and therefore he is said to give alms, who parteth with some thing to another, and giveth to the poor, showing thereby, that he pitieth their poor estate.
Luke 12:33
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Luke 12:33
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33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(A) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(B) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(C)
Matthew 5:15
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Matthew 5:15
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15 (A)Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
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Matthew 5:15
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Matthew 5:15
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15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.(A)
Mark 4:21
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Mark 4:21
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21 ¶ [a]Also he said unto them, (A)Cometh the candle in, to be put under a bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put in a candlestick?
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- Mark 4:21 Although the light of the Gospel be rejected of the world, yet it ought to be lighted, if it were for no other cause than this, that the wickedness of the world might be made manifest.
Mark 4:21
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Mark 4:21
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A Lamp on a Stand
21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?(A)
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