¹⁰ You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because ^(A)for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all ^[a]your undertakings.

¹⁷ Since I know, O my God, that ^(A)You try the heart and ^(B)delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

⁸ or he who ^(A)exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with ^[a](B)liberality; ^(C)he who ^[b]leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with ^(D)cheerfulness.

¹² For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable ^(A)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.