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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Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"

Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.

He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.

The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don't turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged."

Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.

"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

But as you excel in everything -- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you -- make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

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The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!"

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

General references

The meat which touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up in the fire. As for ceremonially clean meat, everyone who is ceremonially clean may eat the meat.

When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.'"

Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.