Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
Bible References
They
2 Kings 4:42
Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.”
Job 31:16
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
Proverbs 11:24
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a portion to seven, or even [divide it] to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
Luke 3:11
And John replied, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do the same.”
John 13:29
Some thought that, since Judas [as the treasurer of the group] had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he was to give something to the poor.
2 Corinthians 8:2
for during an ordeal of severe distress, their abundant joy and their deep poverty [together] overflowed in the wealth of their lavish generosity.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Let each one give [thoughtfully and with purpose] just as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver [and delights in the one whose heart is in his gift].