compassion to others

³²And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

¹²Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.

²Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.

⁸And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble,

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.

³⁰Then Jesus, taking this up, said: “A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he happened upon robbers, who now also plundered him. And inflicting him with wounds, they went away, leaving him behind, half-alive. ³¹And it happened that a certain priest was descending along the same way. And seeing him, he passed by. ³²And similarly a Levite, when he was near the place, also saw him, and he passed by. ³³But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came near him. And seeing him, he was moved by mercy. ³⁴And approaching him, he bound up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. And setting him on his pack animal, he brought him to an inn, and he took care of him. ³⁵And the next day, he took out two denarii, and he gave them to the proprietor, and he said: ‘Take care of him. And whatever extra you will have spent, I will repay to you at my return.’

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance, ²³meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things.

³⁶Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷Then he said to his disciples: “The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. ³⁸Therefore, petition the Lord of the harvest, so that he may sent out laborers to his harvest.”

¹⁰Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

¹⁷Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him?