⁷ If anyone is poor^(A) among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted^(B) toward them.

⁸ Rather, be openhanded^(A) and freely lend them whatever they need.

¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^(A)

¹⁶ If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^(A)