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Pleasant Words from the Gospel

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put
and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple
treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor

widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth on-
ly a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said,
"I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the
treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth;
but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to
live on." (Mark, 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4)

"Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."
Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he
said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and
you will have treasure in heaven [in the hereafter]. Then come,
follow me." (Mark, 10:20-21)

Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being
an overseer, he desires a noble task. Now the overseer must be
above reproach... temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hos-
pitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but
gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. (1 Timothy, 3:1-3)

Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all
kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of
his possessions." (Luke, 12:15)

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work
we must help the weak, remembering the words... Jesus him-
self said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" (Acts,

20:35)

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