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For It was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a strangeru, and ye took me in:

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Isa. 58:7• ⁷[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? (Isa. 58:7)

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Ezek. 18:7• ⁷and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment; (Ezek. 18:7)

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1 Peter 4:9• ⁹hospitable toward one another without murmuring; (1 Peter 4:9)

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3 John 5• ⁵Beloved, thou doest a faithful thing whatsoever thou mayest do unto the brethren and this, strangers (3 John 5)

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Matt. 25:40• ⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me. (Matt. 25:40)

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Matt. 10:40‑42• ⁴⁰He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.
⁴¹He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.
⁴²And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. (Matt. 10:40‑42)

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Matt. 26:11• ¹¹For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. (Matt. 26:11)

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Deut. 15:7‑11• ⁷If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
⁸but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.
⁹Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
¹⁰Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
¹¹For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land. (Deut. 15:7‑11)

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Job 29:13‑16• ¹³The blessing of the perishing came on me,{HR}And the heart of the widow I made sing.
¹⁴Righteousness I put on, and it put me on,{HR}As a robe and a diadem mine equity.
¹⁵I was eyes to the blind,{HR}And feet [was] I to the lame,
¹⁶A father to the needy,{HR}And the cause I knew not I searched. (Job 29:13‑16)

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Job 31:16‑21• ¹⁶If I kept back the poor from [their] desire,{HR}And the eyes of the widow made to pine,
¹⁷Or ate my morsel by myself,{HR}And the orphan had not eaten of it
¹⁸(For from my path I brought him up as a father,{HR}And her I guided from my mother’s womb);
¹⁹If I saw [any] perishing without clothing,{HR}And the needy without covering;
²⁰If his loins blessed me not,{HR}And he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
²¹If I shook my hand over the orphan,{HR}When I saw my help in the gate; (Job 31:16‑21)

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Psa. 112:5‑10• ⁵Good [is] the man gracious and lending;{HR}He will sustain his matters with judgment.
⁶For he shall not be moved forever;{HR}For everlasting remembrance shall be a righteous one.
⁷Of evil tidings he will not be afraid;{HR}Fixed [is] his heart, confiding in Jehovah.
⁸Settled [is] his heart,{HR}He will not fear until he look upon his oppressors.
⁹He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;{HR}His righteousness standeth forever,{HR}His horn shall be exalted with glory.
¹⁰A wicked (man) shall see and be vexed;{HR}He shall gnash his teeth and melt away:{HR}The desire of wicked (men) shall perish. (Psa. 112:5‑10)

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Prov. 3:9‑10• ⁹Honour Jehovah with thy substance,{HR}And with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
¹⁰So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,{HR}And thy vats shall overflow with new wine. (Prov. 3:9‑10)

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Prov. 11:24‑25• ²⁴There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;{HR}And there is that withholdeth more than is right,{HR}But only to want.
²⁵The blessing soul shall be made fat;{HR}And he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (Prov. 11:24‑25)

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Prov. 14:21,31• ²¹He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth;{HR}But he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy [is] he.
³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;{HR}But he that honoureth Him is merciful to the needy. (Prov. 14:21,31)

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Prov. 19:17• ¹⁷He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to Jehovah;{HR}And his bestowal will he pay him again. (Prov. 19:17)

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Prov. 22:9• ⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,{HR}For he giveth of his bread to the poor. (Prov. 22:9)

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Eccl. 11:1‑2• ¹Cast thy bread on the face of the waters,{HR}For after many days thou shalt find it.
²Give a portion to seven, and also to eight,{HR}For thou knowest not what evil shall be on the earth. (Eccl. 11:1‑2)

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Isa. 58:7‑11• ⁷[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.
⁹Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and the speaking vanity;
¹⁰and [if] thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity [be] as the noonday:
¹¹and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters deceive not. (Isa. 58:7‑11)

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Ezek. 18:7,16• ⁷and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;
¹⁶neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, (Ezek. 18:7,16)

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Dan. 4:27• ²⁷Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. (Dan. 4:27)

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Mic. 6:8• ⁸He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Mic. 6:8)

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Mark 14:7• ⁷for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always. (Mark 14:7)

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Luke 11:41• ⁴¹But rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (Luke 11:41)

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Luke 14:12‑14• ¹²And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return and a recompense be made thee.
¹³But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind,
¹⁴and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not [the means] to recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just. (Luke 14:12‑14)

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John 13:29• ²⁹for some supposed because Judas had the bag that Jesus saith to him, Buy the things that we have need of for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. (John 13:29)

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Acts 4:32• ³²And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that believed were one; and not one said that aught of his possessions was his own: but they had all things common. (Acts 4:32)

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Acts 9:36‑39• ³⁶Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which being interpreted is called Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
³⁷And it came to pass in those days that she fell sick and died: and, having washed, they laid her in an upper room.
³⁸And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter was there sent two men unto him, beseeching, Delay not to come on to us.
³⁹And Peter rose up, and went with them; whom, on his arrival, they brought up into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing [the] coats and cloaks which Dorcas used to make while she was with them. (Acts 9:36‑39)

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Acts 10:31• ³¹and says, Cornelius thy prayer is heard, and thine alms had in remembrance before God: (Acts 10:31)

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Acts 11:29• ²⁹And according as any of the disciples had means, they determined each of them to send help to the brethren that dwelt in Judea (Acts 11:29)

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2 Cor. 8:1‑4,7‑9• ¹Now we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God that is given in f the assemblies of Macedonia;
²that in much trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality;
³because according to power [I bear witness] and beyond power [they gave] of their own accord,
⁴asking of us with much entreaty the grace and the fellowship of the ministering unto the saints; g
⁷but as ye abound in everything, faith and word and knowledge and all diligence and love from you to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.
⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but through the diligence of others proving the genuineness of your love also.
⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he being rich became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:1‑4,7‑9)

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2 Cor. 9:7‑14• ⁷each as he hath purposed in his heart, not of sorrow or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
⁸And God is able to make every grace abound unto you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in every [thing], may abound unto every good work;
⁹as it is written, He scattered, he gave to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever.
¹⁰But he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for eating will supply and multiply your sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
¹¹ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality which worketh out through us thanksgiving to God.
¹²Because the ministration of the service is not only filling up the wants of the saints, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God;
¹³through the proof of this service glorifying God for the subjection of your confession unto the gospel of Christ and liberality of fellowship toward them and toward all;
¹⁴and in their supplication for you, while longing for you, on account of the surpassing grace of God [bestowed] on you. (2 Cor. 9:7‑14)

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Eph. 4:28• ²⁸Let him that stealeth steal no longer but rather labour, working what is good with his own hands, that he may have to distribute to him that hath need. (Eph. 4:28)

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1 Tim. 6:17‑19• ¹⁷Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment;
¹⁸to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, ready to communicate,
¹⁹laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the real life. (1 Tim. 6:17‑19)

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Philem. 7• ⁷For we have great joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed through thee, brother. (Philem. 7)

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Heb. 6:10• ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed unto his name, in that ye ministered to his saints and do minister. (Heb. 6:10)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But to do good and communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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James 1:27• ²⁷A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

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1 Peter 4:9‑10• ⁹hospitable toward one another without murmuring;
¹⁰according as each received a gift, ministering it toward each other as good stewards of God's various grace: (1 Peter 4:9‑10)

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1 John 3:16‑19• ¹⁶Herein we know love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
¹⁷But whoso may have the world's means of living, and behold his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abideth the love of God in him?
¹⁸Dear children, let us not love with word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth.
¹⁹And herein we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him, (1 John 3:16‑19)

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Matt. 25:42• ⁴²For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink; (Matt. 25:42)

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Prov. 25:21• ²¹If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;{HR}And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; (Prov. 25:21)

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Rom. 12:20• ²⁰Nay, “if thine enemy should be hungry, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, this doing, thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head.” (Rom. 12:20)

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Matt. 25:43• ⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not. (Matt. 25:43)

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Gen. 18:2‑8• ²And he lift up his eyes, and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
³and said, My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant;
⁴let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet. Rest yourselves under the tree,
⁵and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts. After that ye shall pass on, for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said.
⁶And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.
⁷And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave it to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.
⁸And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate. (Gen. 18:2‑8)

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Gen. 19:1‑3• ¹And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them, rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
²And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
³And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned into him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. (Gen. 19:1‑3)

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Acts 16:15• ¹⁵And when she was baptized and her house, she besought, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come into my house and abide. And she constrained us. (Acts 16:15)

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Rom. 12:13• ¹³communicating to the wants of the saints, pursuing hospitality. (Rom. 12:13)

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Rom. 16:23• ²³Gaius, the host of me and of the whole assembly, saluteth you. Erastus, the steward of the city, saluteth you, and Quartus the brother. (Rom. 16:23)

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1 Tim. 5:10• ¹⁰witnessed of in good works, if she reared children, if she entertained strangers, if she washed saints' feet, if she relieved afflicted [persons], if she followed up every good work. (1 Tim. 5:10)

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Heb. 13:1‑3• ¹Let brotherly love abide.
²Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some unawares entertained angels.
³Remember prisoners as bound with [them]; the ill-treated, as being yourselves also in a body. (Heb. 13:1‑3)

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1 Peter 4:9• ⁹hospitable toward one another without murmuring; (1 Peter 4:9)

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3 John 5‑8• ⁵Beloved, thou doest a faithful thing whatsoever thou mayest do unto the brethren and this, strangers
⁶who bore witness to thy love before the church; in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God thou wilt do well;
⁷for they went forth for the name's sake, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
⁸We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth. (3 John 5‑8)

• Their last lesson was the first that Paul learned on the road to Damascus — the truth that startled his soul: "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." Paul was taught of the Lord that to persecute the saints living on the earth was to persecute Christ in heaven. (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)

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for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

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For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;