11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Wealth and Poverty

• The Sheep and Goats

13 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
• 1Kgs 18:13 — Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
• 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1Pet 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
• 1Tim 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed
• 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• 2Chr 28:15 — And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink,
• 2Cor 8:1 — Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
• 2Cor 8:7 — Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
• 2Cor 9:7 — Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
• 2Tim 1:16 — The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
• 3John 1:5 — Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
• Acts 4:32 — And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
• Acts 9:36 — Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
• Acts 10:31 — And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
• Acts 11:29 — Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
• Acts 16:15 — And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
• Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Deut 15:7 — 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 bro
• Eccl 11:1 — Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
• Ezek 18:7 — And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
• Ezek 18:16 — Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
• Gen 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
• Gen 19:1 — And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
• Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Heb 13:1 — Let brotherly love continue.
• Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
• Heb 13:16 — But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• Heb 13:16 — But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
• Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
• Jas 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
• Jas 2:15 — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
• Jas 2:15 — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
• Job 29:13 — The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
• Job 31:16 — If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Job 31:32 — The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
• Job 31:32 — The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.