John 12:8

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

You will seek me, and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Lord Yahweh.

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”

I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.

and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;

Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

For you always have the poor with you; but you don’t always have me.

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

“ ‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”

Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.