Christ said we are to care for the sick, widows , and father less. Paul was talking about able bodied people that won't work.
Or are you conveniently forgetting this scripture Amazed?
Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, 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 visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. Proverbs 14:31
Deuteronomy
15:7-11.
If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land
which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your
hand from your poor brother, but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly
lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. Beware lest there be a wicked
thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your
eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the
LORD against you, and it become sin among you. You shall surely give to him, and your
heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your
God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. For the poor
will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, “You shall open your
hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.”
Isaiah 10:1, 2 - “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, who write misfortune, which they have prescribed to rob the needy of justice, and to take what is right from the
poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless.”
Ezekiel 16:49 - “Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of
the poor and needy.” ................Did you catch that Amazed? God destroyed the city of Sodom because she didn't take care of the poor and needy.
Luke 14:12-14 - “Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they
also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the
maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for
you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
Luke 19:8 - “Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, ‘Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.’
Lev 25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Deut 26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
You missed a lot of scriptures about widows, poor, sick and fatherless and how we are to care for them didn't you Amazed?
And these are just a sampling of scriptures the bible is literally full of scripture telling us and nations we must care for the least among us. Want more scriptures Amazed?
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