For 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.

Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;

so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want.

The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.

Bring the whole tithe into the treasure-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I open not to you the windows of the heavens, and pour you out a blessing, till there be no place for it.

To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;

so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render [it] to thee.

And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

But this [is true], he that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows in [the spirit of] blessing shall reap also in blessing:

each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work:

according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.

Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

Because the ministration of this service is not only filling up the measure of what is lacking to the saints, but also abounding by many thanksgivings to God;

Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what [is] the profit?

So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.