pJohn 21:12 (Gk.)
Deuteronomy 15:8-11
8but ayou shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. 9Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your beye look grudgingly ▼▼Or be evil; also verse 10
on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he dcry to the Lord against you, and eyou be guilty of sin. 10You shall give to him freely, and fyour heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because gfor this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. 11For hthere will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, i‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’ Matthew 5:42
42 jGive to the one who begs from you, and kdo not refuse the one who would borrow from you.Luke 6:35
35But llove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and myou will be sons of nthe Most High, for ohe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.Luke 14:12-14
The Parable of the Great Banquet
12He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give pa dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers ▼▼Or your brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
or your relatives or rich neighbors, rlest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13But when you give a feast, sinvite tthe poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid uat vthe resurrection of the just.”
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