Only they requested that we should remember the poor, which I also was eager to do.
“Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,
But you shall open your hand wide to him and must surely lend him what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.
But do not forget to do good and to share. For with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, but closes his heart of compassion from him, how can the love of God remain in him?