Quotes About Generosity

Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.

Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.

And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Joanna the wife of Herodís household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.

The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ëTake care of him,í he said, ëand on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.í

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ëFriend, lend me three loaves of bread,

because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.í

But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”