Another time, a man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing Elisha twenty loaves of bread made from the first barley harvested that year, and some freshly-cut heads of grain. Elisha told his servant to feed the group of prophets with this,

So the servant set the food before them, and as the LORD had said, they all ate, and there was still some left over.

I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair

or let orphans go hungry while I ate.

Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.

Put your investments in several places---many places even---because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world.

He answered, "Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it."

Since Judas was in charge of the money bag, some of the disciples thought that Jesus had told him to go and buy what they needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.

They have been severely tested by the troubles they went through; but their joy was so great that they were extremely generous in their giving, even though they are very poor.

I can assure you that they gave as much as they could, and even more than they could. Of their own free will

You should each give, then, as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty; for God loves the one who gives gladly.

And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.