{"id":897,"date":"2007-05-18T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/verse-of-day-facing-christ-in-least-of.html"},"modified":"2007-05-18T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-18T08:50:00","slug":"verse-of-day-facing-christ-in-least-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/verse-of-day-facing-christ-in-least-of.html","title":{"rendered":"Verse of the Day: Facing Christ among the Least of These"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it &#8230; if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering, whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate; then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. 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