Paul summed up giving this way: “He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver!” (2 Cor 9:6-7)
In the well-known story from the temple treasury, Jesus praised not the one who gave the most, but the the one who gave the most sacrificially. “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.” (Mark 12:43-44)
