Matthew 5:42 - English Majority Text Version 2009 Give to the [one] asking you, and to the [one] desiring to borrow from you, do not turn away. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give to him who keeps on begging from you, and do not turn away from him who would borrow [at interest] from you. [Deut. 15:8; Prov. 24:29.] American Standard Version (1901) Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Common English Bible Give to those who ask, and don’t refuse those who wish to borrow from you. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away. |
Nevertheless give what is inside as alms; and see, all things are clean to you.
Therefore "If your enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for [by ]doing this you will heap burning coals upon his head."
But do not forget the doing of good and generosity, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and [the] Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.