Matthew 5:42 Cross References - Mace

⁴² give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.

³⁵ for I was prest with hunger, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye visited me. ³⁷ then will the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee in hunger, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ or when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and visited thee? ⁴⁰ and the king will reply, I declare unto you, your having done this for one of the least of these my brethren, is the same thing as doing it for me.

³⁰ give to all that ask: and if a man takes away your goods, don't demand them again. ³¹ behave to others in the same manner, as you desire they would behave to you. ³² for if you only love those, who love you, where's the obligation? the very heathen return love for love. ³³ if you return one kind office by another, where's the obligation? the heathen themselves do as much. ³⁴ if you lend with the expectation of gaining by it, where's the obligation? for the heathen lend to one another, for the prospect of an equivalent. ³⁵ but as for you, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting any advantage from it: so shall your reward be great, in acting like the children of the most high: for he is kind to the most ungrateful wretches. ³⁶ be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful.

⁴¹ be but charitable to the utmost of your ability, and every thing will be pure to you.

¹² Then he said to the Pharisee, that had invited him, when you give a dinner, or a supper, don't call your friends, or your brethren, or kinsmen, or wealthy neighbours; lest they invite you again, and make you a requital. ¹³ but when you make a feast call the poor, and maimed, the lame and blind: ¹⁴ and you shall be happy in not receiving a requital: for you shall be recompenc'd at the resurrection of the just.

²⁰ therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing, you will heap coals of fire on his head .

⁶ remember, " he who sows sparingly, shall reap also sparingly: and he who sows bountifully, shall reap also bountifully." ⁷ let every man give as he is disposed in his own mind, without any regret or reluctance: for God loves a cheerful benefactor. ⁸ and God is able to make every charitable gift redound to your advantage; that being always sufficiently supply'd in every thing, you may excel in every good work: ⁹ as it is written, " he hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his liberality remaineth for ever." ¹⁰ now he that furnishes seed to the sower, and bread for food, shall furnish and multiply what you sow, and increase the fruits of your liberality. ¹¹ so that being enriched in every thing, you may be continually beneficent to the glory of God by our thanksgiving. ¹² for the execution of this charitable office, does not only supply the necessities of the converts, but by the thanksgivings of many redounds also to the glory of God. ¹³ having this proof of you by such a supply, they will glorify God for your profess'd subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution to them as well as others; ¹⁴ and you will have the advantage of their earnest prayers, for the exceeding favour God has bestowed upon them by you: ¹⁵ thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

¹⁷ Charge those that are rich in this world, not to be elated, not to depend upon their perishable wealth, but upon the God of life, who furnishes us with every thing in plenty for our enjoyment; ¹⁸ to be beneficent, to be rich in good works, to be liberal to the common fund, ¹⁹ securing to themselves a well-grounded expectation of obtaining hereafter an immortal life.

¹⁰ for God is too just to his promise not to regard your piety, and the love which you have shewn to the christian religion by the assistance ye have given to the saints, and still continue to give.

¹⁶ but don't forget to be beneficent to the community; for such sacrifice is acceptable to God.

²⁷ pure and unadulterated religion, in the eye of God our father, consists in taking care of orphans and widows in their distress: and in keeping clear of the vices of the age.

¹⁵ suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment, ¹⁶ and one of you should thus address him; "go and prosper, I wish you a warm fire, and a full meal:" without relieving his wants, would he be the better for your wish?

¹⁶ this is the proof of the divine love, Christ expos'd his life for us: and we ought to expose our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷ he that possesses the enjoyments of life, and seeing his brother in want, has no compassion for him, how can he be said to have any divine love? ¹⁸ my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.