² The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

¹⁵ Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?

³¹ He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

¹⁹ Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

¹³ The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

²¹ And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

² For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

³ And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

⁴ Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

⁵ Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

⁷ The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

¹ <Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.> Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.

² High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

¹⁹ Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

²⁰ And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,