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Luke 16:9

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I tell you, use the riches of this world to make friends for yourselves. Then when your riches are gone, you will be welcomed into an eternal home.

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Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have. Give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

“No one can serve two masters. Either you’ll hate the first and love the second, or you’ll be devoted to the first and not care about the second. You can’t serve both God and money.

If you aren’t trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with genuine riches?

Then you will be blessed. Your guests won’t be able to pay you back, but you will be paid back when those who are right with God are raised from the dead.”

So sell what you own and give to the poor. That will be like putting your money in a bag that will never wear out. Store up your riches in heaven, where they can never be used up, where no thief can get near them and no moth can destroy them.

But if you show that you’re generous on the inside by giving freely to the poor, then everything will be clean for you.

Our troubles are small and they last only for a short time, but they’re earning a glory for us that will last forever. That glory outweighs all our troubles.

“No one can serve two masters at the same time. Either you will hate the first and love the second, or you will be faithful to the first and dislike the second. You can’t serve God and money at the same time.”

He said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayers and remembered your gifts to the poor.

“Don’t try to get a lot of riches on earth, because moths and pests can destroy your things there, and thieves can break in and steal them.

Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

Cornelius couldn’t take his eyes off the angel as he asked fearfully, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have gone up like an offering to God, reminding him of how you have devoted your whole life to him.

I know—I’ll do something so that when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’




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