He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Luke 11:41 - English Standard Version 2016 But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But [dedicate your inner self and] give as donations to the poor of those things which are within [of inward righteousness] and behold, everything is purified and clean for you. American Standard Version (1901) But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you. Common English Bible Therefore, give to those in need from the core of who you are and you will be clean all over. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, give what is above as alms, and behold, all things are clean for you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet that which remaineth, give alms; and behold, all things are clean unto you. |
He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”
And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.