"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose
the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the
oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the
hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-—when you see the
naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will
quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of
the Lord will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:6-8 (New International Version)
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this
sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12 (New International Version)
[mercy: compassion with corresponding action]