Quotes about Generosity
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
— Mark 6:23
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
— Mark 6:37
“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
— Mark 6:38
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
— Mark 6:41
They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.
— Mark 8:7
Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
— Mark 9:41
Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
— Mark 10:21
will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
— Mark 10:30
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
— Mark 12:41
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
— Mark 12:42
Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
— Mark 12:43
For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
— Mark 12:44