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In the Old Covenant, God instructed Israel to give 10% of their harvest and livestock to the Lord. The money collected went to the Levites (i.e., the priests who served at the Temple), to the poor and to the celebration of religious festivals. But giving of one’s money to the Lord’s work was something Abraham did even before the Old …
Luke 19:1 Why did Jesus pass through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem? The only thing that happened in Jericho during this visit was Jesus’ meeting with Zacchaeus, so most likely Jesus entered Jericho just to meet Zacchaeus. Luke 19:2 At the time of Jesus, the Jewish people were occupied by the Roman Empire, and the Romans demanded taxes from …
2 Cor 9:1-2 In Paul’s time, Macedonia was the northern part of Greece, while Achaia was the southern. Corinth was the capital of Achaia, while Macedonia contained cities such as Philippi, Berea and Thessalonica. The “help” Paul writes about is the collection of money that he has previously wanted the Corinthians to collect for the Christians in Jerusalem (1 Corinthians …
2 Cor 8:10-11 If earlier in the chapter Paul gave exemplary examples of giving and explained the spiritual background to Christian giving, he now presents some practical advice on how a Christian should give of his money. The first practical advice for generous Christian giving is to “finish what you start”. The Corinthians had previously decided to give money to …
2 Cor 8:1-2 In the eighth and ninth chapters of Second Corinthians, Paul writes about “giving”, partly because he is trying to raise money for the poor Christians in Jerusalem (1 Corinthians 16:1-4). In 1 Corinthians 16, Paul writes that he wants the churches to take up a collection “on the first day of the week”, i.e. on the Sunday …
Mark 12:42 The “poor widow” is a sharp contrast to the aforementioned scribes. Perhaps she was poor precisely because a scribe had eaten her out of house and home? The poor widow had two coins and could in good conscience have chosen to spend half of what she had, but she gave all of what she had. Mark 12:44 It’s …
Mark 12:13 Since they don’t dare to arrest Jesus because of the people, they now try to trap Jesus with difficult questions so that the people will turn against Jesus. This was not the first time that the Pharisees wanted to entrap Jesus (Mark 10:2). When Jesus eventually stood before the Great Council, an unsuccessful attempt was made to use …
Mark 10:17 The man is eager and respectful and comes to Jesus to find out what he must do to inherit eternal life. In the same way, we should come to Jesus to learn about the kingdom of God. However, the man shows that he believes that eternal life is something that can be earned by “doing” something, which is …