being poor

⁵My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?

⁷This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him, and he saved him from all his tribulations.

¹⁸The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.

¹²This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.

¹⁶Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.

²⁴No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

¹³Whoever blocks his ears to the outcry of the poor shall also cry out himself, and he will not be heeded.

³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

³¹And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same.

¹⁷Whoever is merciful to the poor lends to the Lord. And he will repay him for his efforts.

⁷If one of your brothers, who dwells within the gates of your city, in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, falls into poverty, you shall not harden your heart, nor tighten your hand. ⁸Instead, you shall open your hand to the poor, and you shall lend to him whatever you perceive him to need.

²¹Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: “One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”

³¹Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.

⁴⁹Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor. ⁵⁰And they were exalted, and they committed abominations before me. And so I took them away, just as you have seen.

⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that through his poverty, you might become rich.

¹²Therefore, all things whatsoever that you wish that men would do to you, do so also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

²¹Jesus said to him: “If you are willing to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”

²⁶God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.

²²The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.

³⁴And neither was anyone among them in need. For as many as were owners of fields or houses, selling these, were bringing the proceeds of the things that they were selling, ³⁵and were placing it before the feet of the Apostles. Then it was divided to each one, just as he had need.

¹⁶If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay, ¹⁷then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.