Give to the person who asks you [for something], and do not refuse to lend to the person who wants to borrow something from you.

And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.

So the answer they gave Jesus was--"We do not know." "Then I," he said, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.

They tie up heavy burdens and fasten them on men's shoulders, but they refuse to lift a finger to help bear them.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye not only refuse to go in your selves, but hinder those that would.