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.

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

What {doth it} profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

Hereby perceive we the love {of God}, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down {our} lives for the brethren.

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we {are}.

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for {your} liberal distribution unto them, and unto all {men};

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed {is} he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. {the poor: or, the weak, or, sick} {in time...: Heb. in the day of evil}

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. {She...: Heb. She spreadeth}

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold {water} only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and {take upon us} the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: {yea, though he be} a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. {fallen...: Heb. his hand faileth} {relieve: Heb. strengthen}