Did Marx seek to empower the poor or the workers? Is there a difference?

[Proud Libertarian]

Do you think Marx would like the idea of handouts to those who do not work? Though his motto for Communism was “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need” (which assumed social / technological innovation sufficient as to eliminate the need for labor ) Later Marxists used the motto “from each according to his ability, to each according to his work” to apply to a less advanced socialist society. Does this sound like a ideology that embraces the welfare class?