28 Bible Verses about Giving To The Poor
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And though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and though I deliver up my body to be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
And having looked steadily on him, he was afraid, and said: "What is it, Lord? He said to him: Your prayers and your charitable deeds have come up for a memorial before God.
and said: Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your deeds of charity are remembered before God.
For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
and any of you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet give them not the things that are needful for the body, what does this profit them?
When, therefore, you do a charitable deed, do not cause a trumpet to be sounded before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.
or, if any exhorts, let him attend to exhortation; if any one gives, let him do it with sincerity; he that rules, with diligence: he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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.
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.
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.
Cure the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
administer to the necessities of the saints; be careful to entertain strangers;
Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.
But when you do a charitable deed, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;
that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and. your Father, who sees in secret, himself will reward you openly.
But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none: but what I have, this I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, arise and walk.
And Zacchaeus stood, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken from any one by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who did many acts of charity to the people, and prayed to God always.
For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem:
for I testify that according to their power, and beyond their power, they gave voluntarily,
beseeching us, with much entreaty, that they might give, and take part in the ministering to the saints;
Now you Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church contributed to me so that I kept an account of giving and receiving, but you only.
But, after many years, I came to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and offerings.
For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?
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