Luke 3:11

‘And he answered and said to them, “He who has two coats, let him impart to him who has none, and he who has food, let him do the same.” '

They are to show true and practical love for their neighbours. If they possess two coats and someone else does not have one, they are to give them one (compare Luke 6:29; Mark 6:9). If they have food and someone else has none they are to give them some. The emphasis here is on practicality. It is saying that need must be met by supply, not by pious thoughts and words. It is no good saying to people ‘be warmed and filled'. They are to warm and fill them (see James 2:15). This will similarly become an example of love in the early church (Acts 2:44; Acts 4:32).