16 Do you, therefore, my children, from that which God bestoweth upon you, show compassion and mercy without hesitation to all men, and give to every man with a good heart. (T12) 17 And if ye have not the wherewithal to give to him that needeth, have compassion for him in bowels of mercy. (T12) 18 I know that my hand found not the wherewithal to give to him that needed, and I walked with him weeping for seven furlongs, and my bowels yearned towards him in compassion. (T12) 19 Have, therefore, yourselves also, my children, compassion towards every man with mercy, that the Lord also may have compassion and mercy upon you. (T12) 20 Because also in, the last days God will send His compassion on the earth, and wheresoever He findeth bowels of mercy He dwelleth in him. (T12) 21 For in the degree in which a man hath compassion upon his neighbours, in the same degree hath the Lord also upon him. (T12)
Testament of Zebulun 2:16–21
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