He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
Luke 11:41 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to 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 dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquillity.
Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?*
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
When Yeshua heard these things, he said to him, *You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.*
Zakkai stood and said to the Lord, *Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.*
A voice came to him again the second time, *What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.*
As any of the talmidim had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Yehudah;
Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the holy ones, and still do serve them.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.