For you always have the poor with you, and you can do good to them whenever you wish, but you do not always have me.
James 2:15 - The Text-Critical English New Testament If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a brother or sister is poorly clad and lacks food for each day, American Standard Version (1901) If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, Common English Bible Imagine a brother or sister who is naked and never has enough food to eat. Catholic Public Domain Version So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of food, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food: |
For you always have the poor with you, and you can do good to them whenever you wish, but you do not always have me.
John answered them, “Whoever has two tunics must share with him who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”
He would also speak and debate with the Hellenists, but they were trying to kill him.
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, and they were killed with the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
If anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need but closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?