be generous

Are you generous to everyone, or just to your friends, or where it will do the most good? In my word I said that if you give a feast and only invite your friends who are able to reciprocate, then you have your reward, but if you invite the poor who cannot repay you then you have a great reward in heaven. Aren’t your friends about as well-off as you are? The poor have greater needs and your giving to them will be more effective, yet this does not suggest that you should not also be generous to your friends. If you internalize generosity as a virtue then you will want to be generous to everyone and I will give you enough that you will be able to.