and if you offer yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

You gave no water to the thirsty and withheld food from the famished,

for from my youth, I raised him as [his] father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow--

if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

He distributes freely to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted in honor.

A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

The one who gives to the poor will not be in need, but one who turns his eyes away will receive many curses.

Send your bread on the surface of the waters, for after many days you may find it.

Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don't know what disaster may happen on earth.

He doesn't oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

He doesn't oppress anyone, hold collateral, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity."

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;

"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

When did we see You sick, or in prison, and visit You?'

But give to charity what is within, and then everything is clean for you.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, I'll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I'll pay back four times as much!"

But If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For in so doing you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

Remember this: the person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness,

and is well known for good works-- that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints' feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well," but you don't give them what the body needs, what good is it?

If anyone has this world's goods and sees his brother in need but shuts off his compassion from him-- how can God's love reside in him?

Little children, we must not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth;

Give us counsel and make a decision. [Shelter us] at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugee; do not betray the one who flees.

Let my refugees stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the aggressor. When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ended, and marauders have vanished from the land.

He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground.

Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

and said, "My lords, turn aside to your servant's house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way." "No," they said. "We would rather spend the night in the square."

"Peace to you," said the old man. "I'll take care of everything you need. Only don't spend the night in the square."

So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. Then they washed their feet and ate and drank.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.

He brought them up into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced because he had believed God with his entire household.

Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality.

Don't neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.

Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.

Then the men who were designated by name took charge of the captives and provided clothes for their naked ones from the plunder. They clothed them, gave them sandals, food and drink, dressed their wounds, and provided donkeys for all the feeble. The Israelites brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, among their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,

if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

He doesn't oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;

"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

When did we see You sick, or in prison, and visit You?'

Then He will also say to those on the left, 'Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

I was a stranger and you didn't take Me in; I was naked and you didn't clothe Me, sick and in prison and you didn't take care of Me.'

"Then He will answer them, 'I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.'

He replied to them, "The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same."

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. "Get up," he said. "Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

"Please speak in the presence of all the lords of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that 70 men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you or that one man rule over you?' Remember that I am your own flesh and blood."

We and our children are [just] like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others."

"What is written in the law?" He asked him. "How do you read it?"

"You've answered correctly," He told him. "Do this and you will live."

Jesus took up [the question] and said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

"Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?"

If anyone has this world's goods and sees his brother in need but shuts off his compassion from him-- how can God's love reside in him?