Deuteronomy 15:11
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11 Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.’(A)
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Mark 14:7
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7 For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish, but you will not always have me.(A)
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Matthew 26:11
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11 For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.(A)
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John 12:8
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8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”(A)
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1 John 3:16-18
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16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.(A) 17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?(B)
18 Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.(C)
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Deuteronomy 15:8
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8 You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.(A)
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2 Corinthians 8:2-9
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2 for during a severe ordeal of affliction their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3 For, as I can testify, they voluntarily gave according to their means and even beyond their means, 4 begging us earnestly for the favor[a] of partnering in this ministry to the saints,(A) 5 and not as we expected. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and, by the will of God, to us, 6 so that we might urge Titus that, as he had already made a beginning, so he should also complete this generous undertaking[b] among you.(B) 7 Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you[c]—so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking.[d](C)
8 I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.(D) 9 For you know the generous act[e] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.(E)
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Acts 4:32-35
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The Believers Share Their Possessions
32 Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.(A) 33 With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.(B) 34 There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold.(C) 35 They laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.(D)
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Acts 2:45
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45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds[a] to all, as any had need.
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Luke 12:33
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33 Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(A)
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Matthew 5:42
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42 Give to the one who asks of you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.(A)
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Proverbs 22:2
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2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Acts 11:28-30
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28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world, and this took place during the reign of Claudius.(A) 29 The disciples determined that, according to their ability, each would send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea;(B) 30 this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.(C)
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