Quotes about Generosity
I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
— Luke 16:9
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
— Luke 18:22
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
— Luke 19:8
Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
— Luke 21:1
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
— Luke 21:2
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
— Luke 21:3
For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
— Luke 21:4
After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.
— Luke 22:17
and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
— John 2:10
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
— John 6:9
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
— John 12:5
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
— John 12:8