1 Looking up He saw the people throwing their gifts into the Treasury--the rich people.
2 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two farthings,
3 and He said, "In truth I tell you that this widow, so poor, has thrown in more than any of them.
4 For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on."
Bible verses about "selfish" | WNT
Luke 21:1-4
Romans 12:3
3 For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.
Romans 2:8
8 while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall anger and fury, affliction and awful distress,
Romans 12:10
10 As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.
1 Timothy 6:17-19
17 Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment.
18 They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal;
19 storing up for themselves that which shall be a solid foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of the Life which is life indeed.
2 Timothy 3:2
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious,
Acts 20:35
35 In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
1 Corinthians 10:24
24 Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.