'Give To The Poor' in the Bible
if I've observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor,
“So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.
But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
And Jesus hearing these things, said to him, Still one thing is lacking to thee: Sell all things whatsoever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
for some thought, as Judas had the purse, that Jesus says to him, Purchase some of those things of which we have need at the supper; or something that he might give to the poor.
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- Giving, Of Possessions
- Following Jesus Christ
- Commitment, to Jesus Christ
- Ethics, social
- Christlikeness
- Discipleship, nature of
- Challenges
- Beggars
- Alms, Good Deeds
- Heaven, Inheritance Of
- Invitations
- Poverty, Attitudes Towards
- Poverty, Remedies For
- Religion