Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for {this} day {is} holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Upon the first {day} of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as {God} hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, {so let him give}; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

And {this} your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though {it were} the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, {let him do it} with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. {giveth: or, imparteth} {with simplicity: or, liberally}