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Noun eleēmosynē (alms) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 6: 2 | "So whenever you give alms (eleēmosynē), do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. |
| 6: 3 | But when you give alms (eleēmosynē), do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, |
| 6: 4 | so that your alms (eleēmosynē) may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
Luke
| 11: 41 | So give for alms (eleēmosynē) those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you. |
| 12: 33 | Sell your possessions, and give alms (eleēmosynē). Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. |
Acts
| 3: 2 | And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms (eleēmosynē) from those entering the temple. |
| 3: 3 | When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms (eleēmosynē). |
| 3: 10 | and they recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms (eleēmosynē) at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. |
| 9: 36 | Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and giving alms (eleēmosynē). |
| 10: 2 | He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms (eleēmosynē) generously to the people and prayed constantly to God. |
| 10: 4 | He stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" He answered, "Your prayers and your alms (eleēmosynē) have ascended as a memorial before God. |
| 10: 31 | He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms (eleēmosynē) have been remembered before God. |
| 24: 17 | Now after some years I came to bring alms (eleēmosynē) to my nation and to offer sacrifices. |
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