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Luke 11:41

James Moffatt - New Testament

Better cleanse what is within; then nothing will be unclean for you.

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Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

Pure, unsoiled religion in the judgment of God the Father means this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself from the stain of the world.

For the pure all things are pure, but nothing is pure for the polluted and unbelieving; their very mind and conscience are polluted.

Do not forget beneficence and charity, either; these are the kind of sacrifices that are acceptable to God.

A second time the voice came back to him, "What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common."

And I tell you, use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make friends for yourselves, so that when you die they may welcome you to the eternal abodes.

God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints.

If only one is ready to give, according to his means, it is acceptable; he is not asked to give what he has not got.

So Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "I will give the half of all I have, Lord, to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will give him back four times as much."

When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

give to the man who begs from you, and turn not away from him who wants to borrow.

Let the thief steal no more; rather let him work and put his hands to an honest task, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

So the disciples put aside money, as each of them was able to afford it, for a contribution to be sent to the brothers in Judaea.

The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

After a lapse of several years I came up with alms and offerings for my nation,

It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean).




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