Neh 8:10-12, Est 9:19, Ecc 11:2, Luk 11:41, 14:12-14 | ESV | STEP | Then he said to them, Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send 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 .

Nehemiah 8:10-12

10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and ^asend 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.” 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because ^bthey had understood the words that were declared to them.

Esther 9:19

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in ^cthe rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as ^da holiday, and ^eas a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

2 ^fGive a portion to ^gseven, or even to eight,
^hfor you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

Luke 11:41

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

Luke 14:12-14

The Parable of the Great Banquet

12 He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give ^ka 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, ^mlest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, ⁿinvite ^othe poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid ^pat ^qthe resurrection of the just.”