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If you have many possessions, make your gift from them in proportion; if few, do not be afraid to give according to the little you have.
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So you will be laying up a good treasure for yourself against the day of necessity.
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For almsgiving delivers from death and keeps you from going into the Darkness.
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Indeed, almsgiving, for all who practice it, is an excellent offering in the presence of the Most High.
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"Beware, my son, of every kind of fornication. First of all, marry a woman from among the descendants of your ancestors; do not marry a foreign woman, who is not of your father's tribe; for we are the descendants of the prophets. Remember, my son, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our ancestors of old, all took wives from among their kindred. They were blessed in their children, and their posterity will inherit the land.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.