A generous person will be prosperous, And one who gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty. | A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water. |
Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. | Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. |
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You will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God. | You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us. |
Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return. | Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back. |
For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. | For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one does not have. |
It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. | It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. |
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. | He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. |
Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. | Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. |
He gives strength to the weary, And to the one who lacks might He increases power. | He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. |
Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. | The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. |
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. | If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. |
So if you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? | If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! |