When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor. - Basil the Great

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Basil the Great: "When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor."

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Anothers	Belong	Belongs	Bread
Call	Closet	Clothe	Clothes
Coat	Cupboard	Give	Hoard
Hungry	Money	Naked	Name
Needs	Poor	Rotting	Same
Shoes	Someone	Steals	Them
Thief	Unused	Your

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