Matthew 25:17
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17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Ephesians 5:16
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16 (A)making the best use of the time, because (B)the days are evil.
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1 Peter 4:10
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10 (A)As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, (B)as good stewards of God's varied grace:
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Hebrews 6:10-11
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10 For (A)God is not unjust so as to overlook (B)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in (C)serving the saints, as you still do. 11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance (D)of hope until the end,
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2 Timothy 1:16-18
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16 May the Lord grant mercy to (A)the household of Onesiphorus, for he often (B)refreshed me and was not ashamed of (C)my chains, 17 but when he arrived in Rome (D)he searched for me earnestly and found me— 18 may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on (E)that day!—and you well know all the service he (F)rendered at Ephesus.
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1 Timothy 5:10
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10 and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has (A)shown hospitality, (B)has washed the feet of the saints, has (C)cared for the afflicted, and has (D)devoted herself to every good work.
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Colossians 4:17
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17 And say to (A)Archippus, “See that you fulfill (B)the ministry that you have received in the Lord.”
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2 Corinthians 9:11-14
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11 (A)You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which (B)through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying (C)the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, (D)they[a] will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your (E)confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
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- 2 Corinthians 9:13 Or you
2 Corinthians 8:12
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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.
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Acts 11:29-30
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29 So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, (A)to send relief to (B)the brothers[a] living in Judea. 30 (C)And they did so, sending it to (D)the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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- Acts 11:29 Or brothers and sisters
Acts 10:2
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2 a devout man (A)who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.
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Acts 9:36-39
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Dorcas Restored to Life
36 Now there was in (A)Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.[a] She was full of (B)good works and acts of charity. 37 In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in (C)an upper room. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, (D)“Please come to us without delay.” 39 So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to (E)the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics[b] and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
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Mark 14:3-8
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Jesus Anointed at Bethany
3 (A)And while he was at (B)Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,[a] as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii[b] and (C)given to the poor.” And they (D)scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For (E)you always have the poor with you, and whenever (F)you want, you can do good for them. But (G)you will not always have me. 8 (H)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand (I)for burial.
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- Mark 14:3 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
- Mark 14:5 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
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Cast Your Bread upon the Waters
11 (A)Cast your bread upon the waters,
(B)for you will find it after many days.
2 (C)Give a portion to (D)seven, or even to eight,
(E)for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain,
they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
4 He who observes the wind will not sow,
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
5 As you do not know the way (F)the spirit comes to (G)the bones in the womb[a] of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening (H)withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb
2 Kings 4:8-10
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Elisha and the Shunammite Woman
8 One day Elisha went on to (A)Shunem, where a (B)wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy (C)man of God who is continually passing our way. 10 Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”
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1 Kings 18:3-4
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3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was (A)over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly, 4 and (B)when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
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Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have (A)chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
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- Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known
Job 31:16-22
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16 “If I have (A)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (B)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[a] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[b]),
19 if I have seen anyone (C)perish for (D)lack of clothing,
or the needy without (E)covering,
20 if his body has not (F)blessed me,[c]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against (G)the fatherless,
because I saw my help in (H)the gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
Job 29:11-17
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11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I (A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 (B)The blessing of him who was (C)about to perish came upon me,
and I caused (D)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I (E)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and (F)a turban.
15 I was (G)eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out (H)the cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I (I)broke (J)the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
2 Samuel 19:32
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32 Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. (A)He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
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