Jesus became poor to make you rich, so that you can give to the poor and needy.

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Jesus became poor to make you rich, so that you can give to the poor and needy.

Jesus became poor to make you rich, so that you can give to the poor and needy.

“therefore I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.” (Deut 15:11)
“For you know the grace [charis] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich [plousios], yet for your sakes He became poor [ptocheuo], that you through His poverty might become rich [plouteo].” (2Cor 8:9)
“He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and He will pay back what he has given.” (Prov 19:17)
“Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?” (Jm 2:5)
“Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.”
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” (Jm 1:27)
“They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.” (Gal 2:10)
“I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor” (Lk 4:18)
“Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.” (Ps 82:3)
“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, who write misfortune, which they have prescribed to rob the needy of justice, and to take what is right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless.” (Isa 10:1-2)
And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness…against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans…because they do not fear Me, says the LORD of hosts.” (Mal 3:5)
“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor.” (Zech 7:10)
Reading: Deut 13-15; Matt 21