I tell you the truth, ¹  the master ²  will put him in charge of all his possessions.

I tell you the truth, ¹  the master ²  will put him in charge of all his possessions.

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves ¹  and entrusted his property to them.

When a strong man, ¹  fully armed, guards his own palace, ²  his possessions are safe. ³ 

and Joanna the wife of Cuza ¹  (Herod’s ²  household manager), ³  Susanna, and many others who provided for them ⁴  out of their own resources.

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions. ¹ 

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, ¹  but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, ¹  and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly ²  had a better and lasting possession.

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money ¹  to the poor, and you will have treasure ²  in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Then ¹  he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from ²  all types of greed, ³  because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Sell your possessions ¹  and give to the poor. ²  Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven ³  that never decreases, ⁴  where no thief approaches and no moth ⁵  destroys.

Jesus ¹  also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations ²  that his manager ³  was wasting ⁴  his assets.

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give ¹  to the poor, and if ²  I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”