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The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXI. Divorce Denounced: Jesus Answers Pharisees (13)
He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Gospel of Mary
Chapter 4 (29)
He who has a mind to understand, let him understand.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter V (16)
And He is not one who will regard the person (of any), nor is He one who will receive gifts, ii He saith that He will execute judgment on each : if on...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (329)
Do not say with your mind that these things which were asked, (and) you gave immediately, are more valuable than the receiver.
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 44 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (19)
This I ask Thee, O Ahura! tell me aright; (in the case of the recreant, of him) who does not give this (honoured) gift to him who hath earned it;...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: Instructions on the Symptoms of Death, or the First Stage of the Chikhai Bardo: The Primary Clear Light Seen at the Moment of Death (1.2)
The manner of application is: It is best if the guru from whom the deceased received guiding instructions can be had; but if the guru cannot be...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XII: The True Gnostic Is Beneficent, Continent, and Despises Worldly Things. (2)
Such an one from this proceeds to the accurate knowledge of whom he ought chiefly to give to, and how much, and when, and how.
Bundahishn
Chapter XXVIII (6)
Whoever gives that man anything, in whose law (dâd) this saying is established, then the evil spirit is propitiated by him, that is, he has acted by...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXV: The Bhikshu (Mendicant) (376)
Let him live in charity, let him be perfect in his duties; then in the fulness of delight he will make an end of suffering.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (342)
If you have given that which honors you ..., you have given not to man, but you have given for your own pleasure.
Dhammapada
Chapter XVI: Pleasure (220)
In like manner his good works receive him who has done good, and has gone from this world to the other;--as kinsmen receive a friend on his return.
Gospel of Philip
Faith and Love (Faith and Love)
Faith receives, love gives. [No one can receive] without faith, and no one can give without love. So to receive we have faith and to love we give. If...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka I, Khanda 3 (11)
On the quarter of the world which he is going to praise. Lastly, having approached himself (his name, family, &c.) by meditation, let him sing the...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XIX (20)
Add still further to thy kindness to him, And let thine eyes be upon him in love ; For he will be a blessing unto us on the earth from henceforth...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 20 (1)
'And he who offers the second oblation, should offer it to Vyâna (back-breathing), saying Svâhâ. Then Vyâna is satisfied,
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (319)
After God, honor a wise man, since he is the servant of God.