Bible verses about "offering" | Twentieth_Century

³¹ Do not then ask anxiously 'What can we get to eat?' or 'What can we get to drink?' or 'What can we get to wear?' ³² All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. ³³ But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.

¹⁹ Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But store up treasures for yourselves in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

¹⁰ He who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.

¹ Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the chests for the Temple offerings. ² He saw, too, a widow in poor circumstances putting two farthings into them. ³ On this he said: "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others; ⁴ For every one else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live upon."

³⁵ I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself-- 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

⁴¹ Then Jesus sat down opposite the chests for the Temple offerings, and watched how the people put money into them. Many rich people were putting in large sums; ⁴² But one poor widow came and put in two farthings, which make a half-penny. ⁴³ On this, calling his disciples to him, Jesus said: "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others who were putting money into the chests; ⁴⁴ For every one else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had--everything that she had to live on."

³⁸ Give, and others will give to you. A generous measure, pressed and shaken down, and running over, will they pour into your lap; For the measure that you mete will be meted out to you in return."

⁷ Let every one give as he has determined before hand, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves 'a cheerful giver.'