¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

⁴² There came a man from Baal Shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, Give to the people, that they may eat.

⁴³ His servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus says Yahweh, They shall eat, and shall leave of it.

⁴⁴ So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it, according to the word of Yahweh.

¹⁶ "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it

²⁴ There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

² Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; For you don't know what evil will be on the earth.

¹¹ He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."

²⁹ For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

² how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.

³ For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

⁷ Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

⁸ And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.