Exodus 25:2-7
25:2 “Tell the Israelites to take
an offering
for me; from every person motivated by a willing
heart you
are to receive my offering.
25:3 This is the offering you
are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze,
25:4 blue,
purple,
scarlet,
fine linen,
goat’s hair,
25:5 ram skins dyed red,
fine leather,
acacia
wood,
25:6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense,
25:7 onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.
Jude 1:9
1:9 But even
when Michael the archangel
was arguing with the devil and debating with him
concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”
Psalms 110:3
110:3 Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle.
On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
Mark 12:41-44
The Widow’s Offering
12:41 Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.
12:42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
12:43 He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
12:44 For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”
Mark 12:2
12:2 At harvest time he sent a slave
to the tenants to collect from them
his portion of the crop.
Colossians 1:11-12
1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of
all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share
in the saints’
inheritance in the light.
Colossians 1:7
1:7 You learned the gospel
from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave
– a
faithful minister of Christ on our
behalf –