Leviticus 25:35

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Summary

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Thy brother

Then

A stranger

Matthew 25:35

Hebrews 13:2

Bible References

Thy brother

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

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

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

Then

But love your enemies, and do good and lend, despairing of no one; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the unthankful and wicked.

And according as any one of the disciples was prospered, they determined every one of them to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea;

Relieve the wants of the holy; be given to hospitality.

For concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you.

only they wished us to remember the poor; which very thing I also was earnest to do.

But whoever hath this worlds goods, and seeth his brother having need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

A stranger

For I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.