Luke 3:11
And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?
12And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
Cross References
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Matthew 25:40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
Luke 11:41But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return [him] fourfold.
Acts 10:2pious, and fearing God with all his house, [both] giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,
Acts 10:31and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.
Matthew Henry on Luke 3:2-15
Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is… Read the whole commentary →