helping
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35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’
4Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.
35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’ 37Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we seen you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink? 38And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you? 39Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’ 40And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’
4If you see that your brother’s donkey or ox has fallen along the way, you shall not disregard it. Instead, you shall lift it up with him.
2Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.
9Whoever is inclined to mercy shall be blessed, for from his bread he has given to the poor. Whoever gives gifts will acquire victory and honor. But he carries away the soul of the receiver.
27This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.
11The poor will not be absent from the land of your habitation. For this reason, I instruct you to open your hand to your indigent and poor brother, who lives among you in the land.
35I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
12This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
17Whoever is merciful to the poor lends to the Lord. And he will repay him for his efforts.