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On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—
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As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him.
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“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’
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You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
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The Parable of the Bags of Gold
“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.
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To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
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The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.
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So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.
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The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
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“The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
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“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
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So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
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“‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.
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Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”
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“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
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I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
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If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
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I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
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In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use.
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which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
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Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in.
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Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
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These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,
