Samannaphalasutta 1.36

1.36

‘Nay, Lord, rather should we greet him with reverence , and rise up from our seat out of deference towards him, and press him to be seated. And we should have robes and a bowl, and a lodging place, and medicine for the sick—all the requisites of a recluse—made ready, and beg him to accept of them. And we should order watch and ward and guard to be kept for him according to the law.’
‘But what do you think, O king. That being so, is there, or is there not, some fruit, visible in this world, of the life of a recluse?’
‘Certainly, Lord, that is so.’
‘This then, O king, is the first kind of the fruit, visible in this world, which I maintained to arise from the life of a recluse.’