CCC 2443

God blesses those who come to the aid of the poor and rebukes those who turn away from them: "Give to him who begs from you, do not refuse him who would borrow from you"; "you received without pay, give without pay."²³¹ Mt 5:42; 10:8. It is by what they have done for the poor that Jesus Christ will recognize his chosen ones.²³² Cf. Mt 25:31-36. When "the poor have the good news preached to them," it is the sign of Christ's presence.²³³ Mt 11:5; cf. Lk 4:18.