Luke 11:41

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Summary

Luke 11:41

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

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General references

Matthew 5:42

Bible References

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Sell your property and bestow charity; make yourselves purses that become not old, and a treasury that fails not, in heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys;

And he said also to him that had invited him, When you make a breakfast, or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also at some time invite you in return, and a compensation be made to you.

And I tell you, Make yourselves friends of the riches procured by injustice, that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

And Jesus hearing it, said to him, One thing you yet want; sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.

And Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, Behold, half of my property, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of any thing, I restore fourfold.

Give to him that asks, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.

But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

for the poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.

And there was at Joppa a certain female disciple called Tabitha, which being interpreted is called, Dorcas; she was full of good works and charities which she bestowed.

and said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard and your charities are remembered before God.

And each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send help to the brethren living in Judea;

But after many years I came to bring charities and offerings to my nation,

But as you abound in every thing, in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us, [we desire] that you may abound in this grace also.

And [consider] this, He that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he that sows liberally shall reap also liberally.

Let him that has stolen steal no more, but rather let him labor, doing that which is good with his hands, that he may have to give to him that needs.

For God is not unjust, to forget your work, and the love which you showed for his name, having served the saints and [still] serving them.

And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Pure religion and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to visit the orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith save him?

By this we have known love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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And a voice came to him again, a second time, What God has purified, regard not common.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is defiled in itself, except to him that thinks any thing to be defiled; to him it is defiled.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with thanksgiving;

To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and conscience are defiled.

General references

Give to him that asks, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.