But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
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4 Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
2 The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
4 And if the lamb is more than enough for the family, let that family and its nearest neighbour have a lamb between them, taking into account the number of persons and how much food is needed for every man.
6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
19 If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
20 If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.
13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
1 And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.
19 But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.
16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:
17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;
21 And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
3 And he made a story for them, saying,
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
11 And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?
7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
21 So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.
9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
3 You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.
30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
31 And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.
7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
41 But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
43 And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:
9 He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.
10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
25 Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
21 And it will be in that day that a man will give food to a young cow and two sheep;
21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.