Well, let's see:
Matthew 5[40] and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well;
[41] and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
[42] Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.
Matthew 6[2]"Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
[3] But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
[4] so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. [I hope you know what "alms" are]
Matthew 7[9] Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
[10] Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? [11] If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
[12] So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Luke.21
[1]He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury;
[2] and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.
[3] And he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them;
[4] for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had."
The treasury in part helped the poor and widows, and what Jesus basically was saying is that we may have to go beyond just the tithing that was required by Jewish Law.
Most of the poor here in the states are commonly referred to as "working poor", namely those who have jobs but still live below the poverty line. What you have spouted above is just a hideous and unchristian stereotype of the poor. If everyone here had a ph.d. and was seeking a job, we would still have some families that are poor.
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First of all the widow was not putting money into the treasure for the poor.
The widow was putting money into the treasure to buy her a animal for her sacrificial offering. That's what was required by the sacrificial law. If someone could not afford animal for their sacrificial offering then the money would be used for that purpose
Also for Christians there is no sacrificial offering, Christ Jesus being the Sacrificial offering, that there is no more sacrificial offering to be given.
As for the tithe there is no certain amount to be given. By the old testament it was required to give a tenth. But for Christians there is no certain amount to be given.
But yet alot of Christians will say, We don't go by the old testament, But yet they tithe, which is by the old testament, which they claim, they do not go by.
2 Corinthians 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"
Therefore, there is no certain amount to give for Christians. Only to give what they purpose in their heart.
Now as for the Alms, this not money, As some people thinks it is.
Alms is, Compassion, Mercy,
Beneficence, deeds.
As for Matthew 25:31--46, The question is, When does this all take place, According to what God has given in the book of
Revelation ?
In the book of Matthew 24:19 Christ Jesus speaking, saying, "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days"
What does Christ Jesus mean by all of this and when does this all take place ?