She hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Luke 11:41 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 But give what is in them in alms, and behold all things are 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. |
She hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Give to him that asketh thee, and him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth into the vault, purging all meats.
Sell what ye have and give alms: provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken any thing from any man wrongfully, I restore him fourfold.
And the voice came to him again, the second time, What God hath purified, call not thou common.
Then the disciples determined to send relief, every one according to his ability, to the brethren who dwelt in Judea: Which also they did,
Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and offerings.
For if there be first a ready mind, a man is accepted, according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not.
Let him that stole, steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
To the clean all things are clean; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; but both their understanding and conscience are defiled.
But to do good, and to distribute, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
For God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspoted from the world.