The New Testament was written by a coalition of 3rd Century Pope and Roman Empire Emperor without any basis in fact that anyone named Jesus existed or therefore said the things contained therein.  They included the Jewish Old Testament to give credence from an established One God religion as opposed to the predominant multiple gods of paganism and animism throughout the Empire.  Establishing One God paralleled the One Man rule of the Empire to give all power to a ruling elite.  In modern economic times, the Corporate model.  Give to others as an act of basic human compassion with no need or attachment to any religious dogma restricting who or what to give.