Ecc 11:1-2, Isa 58:7-11, Mar 14:7, Luk 14:13-14, 2Cor 9:8-14, Gal 2:10 | ESV | STEP | Cast your bread upon the waters , for you will find it after many days .

1 ^aCast your bread upon the waters,
^bfor you will find it after many days.
2 ^cGive a portion to ^dseven, or even to eight,
^efor you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

Isaiah 58:7-11

7 Is it not ^fto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
^gand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 ^hThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
ⁱand your healing shall spring up speedily;
^jyour righteousness shall go before you;
^kthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away ^lthe yoke from your midst,
^mthe pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 ⁿif you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
^othen shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be ^plike a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.

Mark 14:7

7 For ^qyou always have the poor with you, and whenever ^ryou want, you can do good for them. But ^syou will not always have me.

Luke 14:13-14

13 But when you give a feast, ^tinvite ^uthe poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid ^vat ^wthe resurrection of the just.”

2 Corinthians 9:8-14

8 And ^xGod is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency ^{▼▼Or all contentment} in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written,

^z“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.”
10 He who supplies ^aaseed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and ^abincrease the harvest of your righteousness. 11 ^acYou will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which ^adthrough us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying ^aethe needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, ^afthey ^{▼▼Or you} will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your ^ahconfession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.

Galatians 2:10

10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, ^aithe very thing I was eager to do.