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 did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

Is not this the fast that I chose -- To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?

'Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

'And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

But what ye have give ye as alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;