God commanded anyone who gained by cheating or stealing to pay it back with 1/5 extra. God didn't ask for more but did demand that in a way the person who was cheated could recoup a portion of what could have been gained by having that money. When I look into Luke chapter 19 at the repentance of Zacchaeus he didn't do this but paid back 4 times what he had stolen and gave away half of all he had. He was trying to make things right and what did Jesus say? “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham" Luke 19:9. It wasn't the giving that brought salvation it was the repentance which is what Jesus recognized in Zacchaeus.
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