| The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. | The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. |
| Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. | Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. |
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| You being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us. | Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. |
| Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you. | Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. |
| For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have. | For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. |
| It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. | A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. |
| Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness. | Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness. |
| Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. | Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. |
| He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. | He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. |
| Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. | But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. |
| But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. | If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. |
| If you then, 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 ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? |
