32 Bible Verses about Beggars

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes from me the stewardship. I have not strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Therefore, the servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, Lord, and I will pay you all. And the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and let him go, and for gave him the debt. But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hold of him, and took him by the throat, saying: Pay me what you owe.read more.
Then his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and be sought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. And he would not; but went and threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt. When his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very sad, and went and made known to their lord all that was done. Then his lord called him and said to him: Wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you besought me.

And they came to Jericho: and as he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timseus, was sitting on the roadside, begging.

And it came to pass, that, as he came near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

And there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores: and he would gladly have been fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Then his neighbors, and those who had before seen him, that he was blind, said: Is not this he that sat and begged?

And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask charity of those who were going into the temple. This man, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked charity.

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

For you have the poor with you always; and whenever you choose, you can do them good; but me you have not always.

For the poor you have always with you; but me you have not always.

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

Give to every one that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods, ask them not again.

Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

And Jesus, looking on him, loved him, and said to him: One thing you lack; go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and fol low me.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him: One thing you yet lack; sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Sell what you have, and be charitable. Make for yourselves purses that do not become old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near, and no moth corrupts.

But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

Then he said, I beseech you, therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;

And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all the neighboring country, and brought to him all that were sick; and besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his mantle; and as many as touched were perfectly saved.

And whatever place he entered, whether villages or cities or country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch even the fringe of his mantle: and as many as touched him were saved.

And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

And the demons besought him, saying: Send us to the swine, that we may enter into them.

And there was in that place a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. And they besought him to permit them to go into them. And he permitted them.

And behold, a woman of Chanaan came out from those borders, and cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

(the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

And they brought to him a deaf man, who spoke with difficulty; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.

And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!

And it came to pass, that he was in one of their cities; and behold, a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

And there came to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.

And, behold, a man from the multitude cried out, saying: Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, for he is my only child; and, behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it throws him into convulsions, and causes him to foam, and after depriving him of strength, hardly departs from him. And I entreated thy disciples to cast it out; but they were not able.

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and besought him that he would come down, and restore his son to health, for he was about to die.