One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

有施散的，却更增添；有吝惜过度的，反致穷乏。

有施舍的，钱财增添；吝惜过度，反致穷乏。

有施舍的，钱财增添；吝惜过度，反致穷乏。

有人乐善好施，反倒越来越富；有人一毛不拔，反而越来越穷。

有人慷慨好施，财富却更增添；有人吝啬过度，反招致贫穷。

有人慷慨好施，反增添更多；有人该给不给，却导致缺乏。

有施散的，卻更增添；有吝惜過度的，反致窮乏。

有施捨的，錢財增添；吝惜過度，反致窮乏。

有施捨的，錢財增添；吝惜過度，反致窮乏。

有人樂善好施，反倒越來越富；有人一毛不拔，反而越來越窮。

有人慷慨好施，財富卻更增添；有人吝嗇過度，反招致貧窮。

有的人大方地花錢，反而更添財；有的人過度不放手，反致窮乏。

有人慷慨好施，反增添更多；有人該給不給，卻導致缺乏。

有博施而益增加、有過吝而致貧乏、

有散財而增富厚、有惜財而致貧乏、

有散財者反增添、有惜財過度者反致貧乏、

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

One person gives freely but gets even richer. Another person doesn’t give what they should but gets even poorer.

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything.

One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.

There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and[ there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but[ it tendeth] to poverty.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.

Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

From that time when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only twenty.I struck all the products of your labor with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,’ says the LORD.‘ Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the LORD was resumed, think about it.The seed is still in the storehouse, isn’t it? And the vine, fig tree, pomegranate, and olive tree have not produced. Nevertheless, from today on I will bless you.’”

Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.Just as it is written,“ He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.”Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”

Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

‘ You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?’ asks the LORD who rules over all.‘ Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.’”

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.