Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

8: The Chapter about the Thousands – 107
Worshipping those worthy is better than alms
Ven. Sāriputta asked the Buddha to teach his uncle, who
supported the Jainas, the true way to the Brahmā world; and
this is the verse with which he taught them.
106. Māse māse sahassena yo yajetha sataṁ samaṁ;
ekañ-ca bhāvitattānaṁ muhuttam-api pūjaye –
sā yeva pūjanā seyyo yañ-ce vassasataṁ hutaṁ.
One might give alms impartially
with a thousand coins of money
month by month for a hundred years;
and one might worship someone with
developed self for a second –
that worship is surely better
than the hundred-year sacrifice.