Homeless

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, — read the full passage →

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind, — read the full passage →

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; — read the full passage →

Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy <FI>with<Fi> bread,

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent--this very thing--to do.

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' — read the full passage →

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness:' — read the full passage →

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

Is not this the fast that I chose--To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off? — read the full passage →

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth, — read the full passage →

and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what <FI>is<Fi> the profit?

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

He hath scattered--hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.

All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

`And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee--cities great and good, which thou hast not built, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

But what ye have give ye <FI>as<Fi> alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; — read the full passage →

Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;

From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge--have embraced a rock.

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, — read the full passage →

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things <FI>done<Fi> through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

let all your things be done in love.

and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, `Buy what we have need of for the feast;' or that he may give something to the poor;

Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.' — read the full passage →

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'

for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; — read the full passage →

and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats, — read the full passage →

blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> as noon.

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart--worthless, saying, Near <FI>is<Fi> the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment. — read the full passage →

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

`And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee--cities great and good, which thou hast not built, — read the full passage →

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah <FI> am<Fi> your God.'

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye--ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.' — read the full passage →

unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about, — read the full passage →

that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, `For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

`Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,

and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.