Matthew 19:21 (NIV) Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
John 15:24 (NIV) If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
1 Corinthians 10:24 (NIV) Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
"If our faith does not touch people with love it's selfish, a blessing only to us." —Mary Taylor Previte, administrator of the Camden County Youth Center in New Jersey,
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "UNSELFISHNESS".
