Deu 15:11, 14, Neh 8:10, Luk 11:41, Joh 13:29, Act 4:32 | ESV | STEP | For there will never cease to be poor in the land . Therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hand to your brother , to the needy and to the poor , in your land .

a[Matt. 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8]

b[See ver. 8 above]

c ch. 8:18; 16:17

d Esth. 9:19, 22

e ch. 12:33; [ch. 16:9; Dan. 4:27]

j 2 Chr. 30:12; Ezek. 11:19

k Phil. 1:27

l ch. 2:44

Deuteronomy 15:11

11 For ^athere will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ^b‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

Deuteronomy 15:14

14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress. ^cAs the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

Nehemiah 8:10

10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and ^dsend portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Luke 11:41

41 But ^egive as alms those things that are within, and behold, ^feverything is clean for you.

John 13:29

29 Some thought that, ^gbecause Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need ^hfor the feast,” or that he should ⁱgive something to the poor.

Acts 4:32

They Had Everything in Common

32 Now the full number of those who believed were of ^jone heart and ^ksoul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but ^lthey had everything in common.