Book of Matthew Quotes

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

We should remember the poor.

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.

Few, save the poor, feel for the poor.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

Merry Christmas to the poor of Salt Lake City.

O Ye Rich Ones on Earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease

If any of thy brethren be poor …, thou shalt lend him sufficient.

… if he is in Want, you must relieve him if you can, or else direct him how he may be relieved; you must employ him some days, or else recommend him to be employ’d. But you are not charged to do beyond your ability, only to prefer a poor Brother, that is a good Man and true before any other poor People in the same Circumstance.

There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was a very interesting guy who would literally rent a passenger van and would take the poor kids from the ghettos and black neighborhoods down to the sporting goods store and just spend money. Buy them whatever they want.

Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.

The world does not have time to be with the poor, to learn with the poor, to listen to the poor. To listen to the poor is an exercise of great discipline, but such listening surely is what is required if charity is not to become a hatred of the poor for being poor.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.

Being a mom, I am even more inspired to really help make a difference. I can't imagine what it would be like if my child didn't have a meal to eat.

We've got to take care of the poor.

The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.

Churches know more about poverty than any government will ever know, because we're dealing with the poor every day.

We can't turn our back on people who need help.

It is a duty certainly to give our sparings to those who want; but to see also that they are faithfully distributed and duly apportioned to the respective wants of those receivers.