Deuteronomy 15:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ There will always be poor people in the land. That is why I command you to be ready to help your brother. Give to the poor people in your land that need help.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hands to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Poor persons will never disappear from the earth. That’s why I’m giving you this command: you must open your hand generously to your fellow Israelites, to the needy among you, and to the poor who live with you in your land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The poor will not be absent from the land of your habitation. For this reason, I instruct you to open your hand to your indigent and poor brother, who lives among you in the land.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land.

Deuteronomy 15:11 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 23:11

But the seventh year, don’t use your land. {The seventh year must be a special time of rest for the land.} Don’t plant anything in your fields. If any crops grow there, then allow the poor people to have it. And allow the wild animals to eat the food that is left. You should do the same with your vineyards and with your fields of olive trees.

Proverbs 19:17

Giving money to poor people is like loaning it to the Lord. The Lord will pay you back for being kind to them.

Proverbs 22:2

Rich people and poor people are the same. The Lord made them all.

Proverbs 31:20

She always gives to poor people\par and helps people that need it.\par

Ezekiel 18:7

That good person does not take advantage of people. If a person borrows money from him, the good man takes the collateral {\cf2\super [133]} and gives the other person the money. And when that person pays him back, then the good man gives the collateral back. The good person gives food to hungry people. And he gives clothes to people that need them.

Matthew 26:11

You will always have poor people with you. {\cf2\super [397]} But you will not always have me.

Matthew 5:42

If a person asks you for something, then give it to him. Don’t refuse to give to a person that wants to borrow from you.

Mark 14:7

You will always have poor people with you. You can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.

Luke 12:33

Sell the things you have and give that money to people that need it. The riches of this world don’t continue. So get the kind of riches that continue. Get the treasure of heaven. That treasure continues forever. Thieves can’t steal your treasure in heaven, and moths can’t destroy it.

John 12:8

The poor people will always be with you. But you will not always have me.”

Acts 2:45

The believers sold their land and the things they owned. Then they divided the money and gave it to those people who needed it.

Deuteronomy 15:7

“When you are living in the land the Lord your God is giving you, there might be a poor person among your people. You must not be selfish. You must not refuse to give help to that poor person.

Deuteronomy 15:8

You must be willing to share with him. You must lend that person whatever he needs.