only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:
but thou shalt surely open thine hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?