The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and the recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:18-19.
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and they said unto Jesus, are You He that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which you do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.Matthew 11:2-5.
And, behold, one came and said unto Jesus, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why do you call Me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if you would enter into life, keep the commandments. He said unto Jesus which? Jesus said you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, Honour your father and mother, and love your neighbour as thyself.
The young man said unto Him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Jesus said unto him, If you would be perfect, go and sell that which you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow Me. But when the young man heard that saying, he left sorrowful, for he had great possessions.Matthew 19:16-22.
The Ministry Of Believers To The Poor.
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon, the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious, and she broke the box and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor.
And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she has done good work on Me. For you will have the poor with you always, and whensoever you will you may do them good: but Me you have not always. Mark 14:3-7.
Then Jesus said to him that bade Him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brethren, neither kinsmen, nor your rich neighbours; lest they also bid you again, and a recompense be made unto you. But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And you shall be blessed; for they cannot recompense you: for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Luke 14:12-14.
