Acts 4:34
For not even any needy was among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling, they brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
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Deuteronomy 2:7For LORD thy God has blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He has known thy walking through this great wilderness. These forty years LORD thy God has been with thee; thou have lacked nothing.
Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
Luke 12:33Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts.
Luke 22:35And he said to them, When I sent you without bag and pouch and shoes, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
Acts 4:37having sold a field that was possessed by him, brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet.
1 Timothy 6:19storing up for themselves a good foundation for that which is coming, so that they may take hold of the eternal life.
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:33-37
The Prosperity of the Church; The Liberality of the Disciples. 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the… Read the whole commentary →