Deuteronomy 15:11

11 For 1there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 2'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'

Deuteronomy 15:11 In-Context

9 Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin.
10 You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'
12 "If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
13 And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty-handed.

Cross References 2

  • 1. [Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8]
  • 2. [See ver. 8 above]
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