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Deuteronomy 26:1–11 26 When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 

2 take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name 

3 and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” 

4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 

5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. 

6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. 7 Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. 

8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. 

9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; 

10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. 

11 Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household. Deuteronomy 26:16–19 16 The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 

17 You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. 

18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. 

19 He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised. Deuteronomy 8:1–20 8 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 

2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 

3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 

4 Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you. 

6 Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. 

7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; 

8 a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 

9 a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. 

10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 

11 Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 

12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 

14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 

15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. 

16 He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. 

17 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 

18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. 

19 If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. 

20 Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 24:17–22 17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 

18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this. 


19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 

20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 

21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 

22 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this. Luke 1:46–55 46 And Mary said: 
“My soul glorifies the Lord 

47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 

48 for he has been mindful 
of the humble state of his servant. 
From now on all generations will call me blessed, 

49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me— 
holy is his name. 

50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, 
from generation to generation. 

51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; 
he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 

52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones 
but has lifted up the humble. 

53 He has filled the hungry with good things 
but has sent the rich away empty. 

54 He has helped his servant Israel, 
remembering to be merciful 

55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, 
just as he promised our ancestors.” Luke 4:18–21 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, 
because he has anointed me 
to proclaim good news to the poor. 
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners 
and recovery of sight for the blind, 
to set the oppressed free, 

19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”  

20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 

21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Acts 4:32–35 32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 

33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 

34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 

35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.