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

Leviticus 7:19

Leviticus 23:22

Matthew 5:42

Bible References

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Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:

And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

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And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

General references

And flesh touched by any unclean thing may not be taken for food: it is to be burned with fire; and as for the flesh of the peace-offerings, everyone who is clean may take it as food:

And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.