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 a hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me.

When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poor in any of thy cities within thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou harden not thine heart nor shut to thine hand from thy poor brother:

"When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain?

The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again, but the righteous is merciful and liberal.

A good man is merciful, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his words with discretion.

Refuse not to do good unto him that should have it, so long as thine hand is able to do it.

Some man giveth out his goods, and is richer; but the niggard, having enough, will depart from nothing, and yet is ever in poverty.

He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the LORD; and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.

Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years.

Or is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? To loose wicked bonds, and to unbind bundles of oppression? And to let the bruised go free? And that ye should break all manner yokes?

Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace."

Give to every man that asketh of thee. And of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

Nevertheless, ye give alms of that ye have, and behold: all is clean to you.

Then said he also to him that had desired him to dinner, "When thou makest a dinner, or a supper: call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor yet rich neighbours: lest they bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

This yet remember, how that he which soweth little, shall reap little: and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them,

For God is not unrighteous that he should forget your work and labour that proceedeth of love, which love showed in his name, which have ministered unto the saints, and yet minister.

To do good, and to distribute, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Pure devotion, and undefiled before God the father, is this: To visit the friendless, and widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world.

If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food,

Hereby are we assured of love: because he left his life for us: And therefore we ought also to give our lives for our brethren.