Quotes About Gift

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.

I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëIf the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.

But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.

leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you donít tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ëWhatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,í

And you say, ëIf anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.í

You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ëWhatever you would have received from me is Corbaní (that is, a gift devoted to God),

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.