Quotes About Charity

The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Isnít it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.í

Then the righteous will answer Him, ëLord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

And the King will reply, ëTruly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.í

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

And they too will reply, ëLord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?í

This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,