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 hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;

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

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:

It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain 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 yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but it tendeth only to want.

He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

But this is true, he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in the spirit of blessing shall reap also in blessing:

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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

Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.