Matthew 5:42

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Matthew 5:42

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in,

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

Give to every man who asks thee, and from him who takes away thy personal things do not demand them back.

But give compassion, things that are inside, and behold, all things are clean to you.

And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made

Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.

But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings.

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.

Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food,

By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.