17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
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Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. …
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-21)We have in these verses, I. The application that was made to Christ, very unseasonably, by one of his hearers, desiring him to interpose between him and his brother in a matter that concerned the estate of the family (Luke 12:13): “ Master, speak to my brother ; speak as a prophet, speak as a king, speak with authority; he is one that will have regard to what thou sayest; speak to him, that he div…
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