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 drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt 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 borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt 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?

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto 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 tranquillity.

Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.