Homelessness

Isaiah 58:6-12 - (6) “Here is the sort of fast I want — releasing those unjustly bound, untying the thongs of the yoke, letting the oppressed go free, breaking every yoke,
(7) sharing your food with the hungry, taking the homeless poor into your house, clothing the naked when you see them, fulfilling your duty to your kinsmen!”
(8) Then your light will burst forth like the morning, your new skin will quickly grow over your wound; your righteousness will precede you, and Adonai’s glory will follow you.
(9) Then you will call, and Adonai will answer; you will cry, and he will say, “Here I am.” If you will remove the yoke from among you, stop false accusation and slander,
(10) generously offer food to the hungry and meet the needs of the person in trouble; then your light will rise in the darkness, and your gloom become like noon.
(1)1 Adonai will always guide you; he will satisfy your needs in the desert, he will renew the strength in your limbs; so that you will be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never fails.
(12) You will rebuild the ancient ruins, raise foundations from ages past, be called “Repairer of broken walls, Restorer of streets to live in.”

Matthew 25:31-46 - (31) “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, he will sit on his glorious throne. (32) All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates sheep from goats. (33) The ‘sheep’ he will place at his right hand and the ‘goats’ at his left. (34) “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take your inheritance, the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world. (35) For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you made me your guest, (36) I needed clothes and you provided them, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ (37) Then the people who have done what God wants will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? (38) When did we see you a stranger and make you our guest, or needing clothes and provide them? (39) When did we see you sick or in prison, and visit you?’ (40) The King will say to them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you did these things for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did them for me!’ (41) “Then he will also speak to those on his left, saying, ‘Get away from me, you who are cursed! Go off into the fire prepared for the Adversary and his angels! (42) For I was hungry and you gave me no food, thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, (43) a stranger and you did not welcome me, needing clothes and you did not give them to me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ (44) Then they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, a stranger, needing clothes, sick or in prison, and not take care of you?’ (45) And he will answer them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you refused to do it for the least important of these people, you refused to do it for me!’ (46) They will go off to eternal punishment, but those who have done what God wants will go to eternal life.”

James 2:14-17

14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no actions to prove it? Is such “faith” able to save him? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food, 16 and someone says to him, “Shalom! Keep warm and eat hearty!” without giving him what he needs, what good does it do? 17 Thus, faith by itself, unaccompanied by actions, is dead.