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 you gave me [something] to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me [something] to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest,

If [there] is a poor [person] among you from [among] one of your brothers in one of your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward {your brother who is poor}.

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.

[It goes] well [for] a man [who] is gracious and lends, [who] conducts his {business properly}.

Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.

There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it.

Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?

Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable [to you] and your sin remove with righteousness and your iniquity with having mercy on [the] oppressed, {in case there might be a prolongation of your prosperity}.'"

Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away your things, do not ask for [them back].

But give [as] charitable giving the things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

And he also said to the one who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you [in return], and repayment come to you.

But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him [something] to drink; for [by] doing this, you will heap up coals of fire upon his head."

Now [the point is] this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.

If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,

We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.