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For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il y aura toujours des indigents dans le pays; c'est pourquoi je te donne ce commandement: Tu ouvriras ta main à ton frère, au pauvre et à l'indigent dans ton pays.

KJV

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Patristic reading

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  • Oracula Sibyllina

    Oracula

    13. 12, 7 (vgl. Sib. VIII 390). — 88. 84 Tob. 4,16. Jes. 58, 7. Lev. 19, 14. Sib. VIII 404 f.. — 88 Deut. 15, 11. — (92 Matth. 5, 44). — 95 Tob. 4,15. (Prov. 20,1). — 96 [Heraklit] Brief 7. vgl. Sib. VIII 113 (403). Act. 15, 20. 29. 21, 25. Διδ. 6. — 100-103 Exod. 22, 5. Deut. 19…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)

    e, ideo praecipio tibi ut aperias manum fratri tuo et egeno et pauperi qui tecum versantur in terra (Deut. XV, 11) . Ex his perpende, obsecro, quantum extendat lex tam ad homines quam ad Deum dilectionis affectum, ut tuam etiam legem quam naturalem appellas in nostra concludi cog…

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