Quotes about Generosity
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
— Luke 12:33
Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
— Luke 14:12
But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
— Luke 14:13
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
— Luke 14:14
But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
— Luke 14:16
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
— Luke 15:30
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