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For It was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a strangeru, and ye took me in:

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Isa. 58:7• (Isa. 58:7)

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Ezek. 18:7• (Ezek. 18:7)

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1 Peter 4:9• ⁹hospitable toward one another without murmuring; (1 Peter 4:9)

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3 John 5• ⁵Beloved, thou doest a faithful thing whatsoever thou mayest do unto the brethren and this, strangers (3 John 5)

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Matt. 25:40• ⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me. (Matt. 25:40)

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Matt. 10:40‑42• ⁴⁰{i}He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.{/i}
⁴¹{i}He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.{/i}
⁴²{i}And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.{/i} (Matt. 10:40‑42)

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Matt. 26:11• ¹¹{i}For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.{/i} (Matt. 26:11)

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Deut. 15:7‑11• (Deut. 15:7‑11)

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Job 29:13‑16• (Job 29:13‑16)

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Job 31:16‑21• (Job 31:16‑21)

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Psa. 112:5‑10• (Psa. 112:5‑10)

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Prov. 3:9‑10• (Prov. 3:9‑10)

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Prov. 11:24‑25• (Prov. 11:24‑25)

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Prov. 14:21,31• (Prov. 14:21,31)

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Prov. 19:17• (Prov. 19:17)

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Prov. 22:9• (Prov. 22:9)

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Eccl. 11:1‑2• (Eccl. 11:1‑2)

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Isa. 58:7‑11• (Isa. 58:7‑11)

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Ezek. 18:7,16• (Ezek. 18:7,16)

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Dan. 4:27• (Dan. 4:27)

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Mic. 6:8• (Mic. 6:8)

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Mark 14:7• ⁷{i}for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always.{/i} (Mark 14:7)

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Luke 11:41• ⁴¹{i}But{/i} rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (Luke 11:41)

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Luke 14:12‑14• ¹²And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return and a recompense be made thee.
¹³But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind,
¹⁴and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not [the means] to recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just. (Luke 14:12‑14)

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John 13:29• ²⁹for some supposed because Judas had the bag that Jesus saith to him, Buy the things that we have need of for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. (John 13:29)

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Acts 4:32• ³²And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that believed were one; and not one said that aught of his possessions was his own: but they had all things common. (Acts 4:32)

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Acts 9:36‑39• ³⁶Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which being interpreted is called Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
³⁷And it came to pass in those days that she fell sick and died: and, having washed, they laid her in an upper room.
³⁸And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter was there sent two men unto him, beseeching, Delay not to come on to us.
³⁹And Peter rose up, and went with them; whom, on his arrival, they brought up into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing [the] coats and cloaks which Dorcas used to make while she was with them. (Acts 9:36‑39)

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Acts 10:31• ³¹and says, Cornelius thy prayer is heard, and thine alms had in remembrance before God: (Acts 10:31)

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Acts 11:29• ²⁹And according as any of the disciples had means, they determined each of them to send help to the brethren that dwelt in Judea (Acts 11:29)

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2 Cor. 8:1‑4,7‑9• ¹Now we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God that is given in f the assemblies of Macedonia;
²that in much trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality;
³because according to power [I bear witness] and beyond power [they gave] of their own accord,
⁴asking of us with much entreaty the grace and the fellowship of the ministering unto the saints; g
⁷but as ye abound in everything, faith and word and knowledge and all diligence and love from you to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.
⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but through the diligence of others proving the genuineness of your love also.
⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he being rich became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:1‑4,7‑9)

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2 Cor. 9:7‑14• ⁷each as he hath purposed in his heart, not of sorrow or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
⁸And God is able to make every grace abound unto you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in every [thing], may abound unto every good work;
⁹as it is written, He scattered, he gave to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever.
¹⁰But he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for eating will supply and multiply your sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
¹¹ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality which worketh out through us thanksgiving to God.
¹²Because the ministration of the service is not only filling up the wants of the saints, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God;
¹³through the proof of this service glorifying God for the subjection of your confession unto the gospel of Christ and liberality of fellowship toward them and toward all;
¹⁴and in their supplication for you, while longing for you, on account of the surpassing grace of God [bestowed] on you. (2 Cor. 9:7‑14)

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Eph. 4:28• ²⁸Let him that stealeth steal no longer but rather labour, working what is good with his own hands, that he may have to distribute to him that hath need. (Eph. 4:28)

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1 Tim. 6:17‑19• ¹⁷Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment;
¹⁸to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, ready to communicate,
¹⁹laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the real life. (1 Tim. 6:17‑19)

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Philem. 7• ⁷For we have great joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed through thee, brother. (Philem. 7)

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Heb. 6:10• ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed unto his name, in that ye ministered to his saints and do minister. (Heb. 6:10)

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Heb. 13:16• ¹⁶But to do good and communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)

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James 1:27• ²⁷A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

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1 Peter 4:9‑10• ⁹hospitable toward one another without murmuring;
¹⁰according as each received a gift, ministering it toward each other as good stewards of God's various grace: (1 Peter 4:9‑10)

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1 John 3:16‑19• ¹⁶Herein we know love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
¹⁷But whoso may have the world's means of living, and behold his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abideth the love of God in him?
¹⁸Dear children, let us not love with word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth.
¹⁹And herein we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him, (1 John 3:16‑19)

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Matt. 25:42• ⁴²For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink; (Matt. 25:42)

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Prov. 25:21• (Prov. 25:21)

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Rom. 12:20• ²⁰Nay, “if thine enemy should be hungry, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, this doing, thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head.” (Rom. 12:20)

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Matt. 25:43• ⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not. (Matt. 25:43)

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Gen. 18:2‑8• (Gen. 18:2‑8)

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Gen. 19:1‑3• (Gen. 19:1‑3)

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Acts 16:15• ¹⁵And when she was baptized and her house, she besought, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come into my house and abide. And she constrained us. (Acts 16:15)

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Rom. 12:13• ¹³communicating to the wants of the saints, pursuing hospitality. (Rom. 12:13)

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Rom. 16:23• ²³Gaius, the host of me and of the whole assembly, saluteth you. Erastus, the steward of the city, saluteth you, and Quartus the brother. (Rom. 16:23)

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1 Tim. 5:10• ¹⁰witnessed of in good works, if she reared children, if she entertained strangers, if she washed saints' feet, if she relieved afflicted [persons], if she followed up every good work. (1 Tim. 5:10)

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Heb. 13:1‑3• ¹Let brotherly love abide.
²Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some unawares entertained angels.
³Remember prisoners as bound with [them]; the ill-treated, as being yourselves also in a body. (Heb. 13:1‑3)

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1 Peter 4:9• ⁹hospitable toward one another without murmuring; (1 Peter 4:9)

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3 John 5‑8• ⁵Beloved, thou doest a faithful thing whatsoever thou mayest do unto the brethren and this, strangers
⁶who bore witness to thy love before the church; in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God thou wilt do well;
⁷for they went forth for the name's sake, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
⁸We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth. (3 John 5‑8)

• Their last lesson was the first that Paul learned on the road to Damascus — the truth that startled his soul: "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." Paul was taught of the Lord that to persecute the saints living on the earth was to persecute Christ in heaven (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

W. Kelly Translation

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For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;