"Morality is the currency of God"
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The "good" that Jesus taught is rather simple and straightforward. "Good" means being alive. It means being healthy. It means having power. It means being able to eat and to take shelter and wear clothing. "Evil" is the opposite of that. Sickness, death, weakness, poverty are all evil.
Jesus told us to do good by fighting against this form of evil. Visit the powerless in the prison. Tend to the sick. Feed the hungry. Clothe the naked. Shelter the homeless. Etc...
Jesus promises us that if we continue down this path of turning "good" against "evil" we will eventually overcome this world, his kingdom will reign on the earth, and all pain and suffering and death will be ended and overcome. Then, we can become like God, sit on his throne, inherit his attributes, and be counted as co-heirs with Christ.
So, if you want to be "good" in the ancient morality, build a house. Mend your clothing. Eat good food. Grow your wealth. Not monetary assets or stocks or bitcoins, but the things that actually fill your belly and clothe you. Then take those things you have and share them with your friends and family and neighbors. You really don't have to get much more complicated than this.
If you do, you run the risk of doing the things that Jesus warned us against. For instance, the pharisees would take some of their property, declare it "corban" meaning dedicated to the temple, and refusing to help their own elderly parents. Or they would refuse to help the downtrodden or sick or wounded, fearing they might offend God by touching someone unclean.
That's not the sort of "good" we should be thinking of. "Good" is not abstract. It is concrete and obvious.