Chapter

 1  19|           forgiveness is~indeed to give alms.~
 2  19| Accordingly, what our Lord says - "Give alms and, behold, all things
 3  19|             not only does this~man give alms, but the man who forgives
 4  20|            with the Lord's words, "Give alms; and, behold, all things
 5  20|         inside too? ~Nevertheless, give for alms what remains within;
 6  20|             are clean if only they give alms, as they deem it right
 7  20|           as they deem it right to give them, even if they have
 8  20|          what they heard is true: "Give~alms; and behold, all things
 9  20|                   76. He who would give alms as a set plan of his
10  20|      should begin with himself and give them~to himself. For almsgiving
11  20|        first ~almsgiving, which we give to ourselves - when through
12  20|           admonished them also to ~give those alms which a man owes
13  20|          man: "However," he~said, "give what remains as alms, and,
14  20|         say, "I~am advising you to give the kind of alms which shall
15  20|            I am admonishing you to give them up" - "and then neglect
16  20|      rejecting the kind of alms we give of the earth's bounty, he~
17  20|            if one really wished to give alms to himself, that all
18  21|           by consent for a time to give yourselves to prayer,~and
19  23|       discuss it briefly and still give satisfactory~answers to
20  25|            we should be ashamed to give the same reply as we see~
21  25|           apostle had no~answer to give; and, for lack of a reasonable
22  29|       soften what seems harsh ~and give a milder emphasis to statements
23  30|         forever! But when we say: "Give us this day our daily bread. ~