Matthew 25:40 the KJV records Jesus as saying:
"Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
In The Message, that verse reads:
"I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me."
Proverbs 19:17 says in the KJV
"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again."
In the Message it says:
"Mercy to the needy is a loan to God,
and God pays back those loans in full."
In a couple of my Bibles, I have a note near
Proverbs 19:17 which says:
"If you help a poor person in the name of the Lord, you are making a gift and at the same time granting a loan. You are making a gift because you have no expectation of of being reimbursed by that poor person. You are granting a loan because the Lord will settle the account." St. Basil the Great (329-379)