James 2:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?

Cross References

Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for the crowd because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

Matthew 25:35

for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

Mark 5:34

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Romans 12:9

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;

2 Corinthians 8:8

I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.