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Luke 11:41

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.

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You always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

Give to him who asks of you; and, from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

Because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of?--in saying this Jesus pronounced all food 'clean.'

Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out--an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.

And I say to you 'Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,' so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home.

Hearing this, Jesus said to him: "There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me."

But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master: "Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much."

Again he was aware of a voice which said--"What God has pronounced 'clean', do not regard as 'defiled'."

So the disciples, without exception, determined, in proportion to their means, to send something to help the Brethren living in Judea.

After some years' absence I had come to bring charitable gifts to my nation, and to make offerings;

For, where there is willingness, a man's gift is valued by its comparison with what he has, and not with what he has not.

Let the man who steals steal no longer, but rather let him toil with his hands at honest work, so that he may have something to share with any one in want.

Everything is pure to the pure-minded, but to those whose minds are polluted and who are unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are alike polluted.

Never forget to do kindly acts and to share what you have with others, for such sacrifices are acceptable to God.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians--as you are still doing.

That religious observance which is pure and spotless in the eyes of God our Father is this--to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.




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