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who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
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He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.”
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Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?
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Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
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Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.
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A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything.
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For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
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Invitation to the Thirsty
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
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Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
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Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us.”
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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
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Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
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Jesus at the Temple
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
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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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But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
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Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
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“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
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The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
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So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
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When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,
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So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
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These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.
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On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,
