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

She has done a kind office to me. For ye have the poor always with you, and may do them good, whenever ye will; 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 by his poverty might be rich.

Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of this world who are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which He hath promised to them that love Him? but ye have slighted the poor.

Then

But do ye love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing from it: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the sons of the most High; for He is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked:

And each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.

communicating to the necessities of the saints, given to hospitality.

Now concerning the relief intended for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

Only desiring that we would remember the poor: which I also was forward to do.

But if any one, who hath the good things of the world, seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

A stranger

for I was famishing, 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 of hospitality; for thereby some have entertained angels, not knowing it.