11 Bible Verses about lent

If you lend only to those from whom you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting as much in return!

Or who has first given to him, so that he may claim a recompense?'

What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.

But, when one of your fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,

Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

Give to him who asks of you; and, from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

For it is as though a man, going on his travels, called his servants, and gave his property into their charge.

Then you ought to have placed my money in the hands of bankers, and I, on my return, should have received my money, with interest.

All that time he ate nothing; and, when it was over, he became hungry.

Go and learn what this means--'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast."

The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt.