35 For *I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you *gave me drink, *I was a stranger and you welcomed me,36 *I was naked and you clothed me, *I was sick and you *visited me, *I was in prison and you came to me.’37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’40 And *the King will answer them, *‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these *my brothers,*you did it to me.’

42 *Give to the one who begs from you, and *do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so *that*they may see your good works and *give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

38 *give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put *into your lap. For *with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."

10 And the crowds asked him, *"What then shall we do?" 11 And he answered them, *"Whoever has two tunics* is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise."

33 *Sell your possessions, and *give to the needy. *Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with *a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.34 *For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

12 *"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

13 *Greater love has no one than this, *that someone lay down his life for his friends.

35 In all things *I have shown you that *by working hard in this way we must *help the weak and *remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed *to give than to receive.’"

36 And when he had said these things, *he knelt down and prayed with them all. 37 And *there was much weeping on the part of all; *they embraced Paul and *kissed him, 38 being sorrowful most of all because of *the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And *they accompanied him to the ship.

13 *Contribute to the needs of the saints and *seek to show hospitality.

1 *We who are strong *have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2 *Bear one another’s burdens, and *so fulfill *the law of Christ.

28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather *let him labor, *doing honest work with his own hands, so *that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

4 Let each of you *look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith *but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 *If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 *and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good* is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

17 But *if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet *closes his heart against him, *how does God’s love abide in him?

17 *Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,

and he *will repay him for his *deed.

11 For *there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, *‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’