Clearly the Bible is telling us not to be pharisaical, either. I could give you a list of instances when I personally or my wife and I have helped strangers, but would it accomplish anything except to look like I was parading my presumed righteousness?
The first time I read through it, Ezekiel 16:49 was almost startling. (The next verse is not just incidental, however.) Or maybe you have missed my references to Rich Stearns’ book, The Hole in Our Gospel, in other conversations.