The blessed soul will be made fat; he who waters shall also be watered himself.

He who has pity upon the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will make compensation for what he has given.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

If there is among you, of your brethren within any of the gates in your land which Jehovah your God is giving you, a man who is in need, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your needy brother,

Beware that there not be a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, approaches; and your eye be evil against your needy brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to Jehovah against you, and it become sin unto you.

For the needy will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, You shall open, to open your hand unto your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.

The eye of the tender and dainty woman among you, who would not have ventured to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, will quiver with hostility toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son and her daughter,

If I have withheld from the poor their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

(when from my youth, as a father I have raised him, and from my mother's womb I guided her);

if his heart has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Blessed is he who gives attention to the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in the time of evil.

Jehovah will sustain him on the bed of illness; You will change his bed of sickness.

He has dispersed abroad, he has given to the poor; his righteousness stands forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

Cast your bread upon the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

Give a share to seven, and also to eight; for you do not know what evil shall be on the earth.

But the noble devises noble things; and by noble things he shall stand.

Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When you see the naked to cover him; and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Then you shall call, and Jehovah will answer; you shall cry out, and He shall say, Here I am. If you take the yoke away from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness;

And Jehovah shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones fat; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?

Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

I have shown you in everything, by laboring like this, that we need to support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:

that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.

But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound for every good work.

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for eating, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,

storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Be hospitable to one another without murmuring.