Acts 4:34
Nor, indeed, was there any needy person among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the prices of what had been sold,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Luke 12:33Sell what you have, and be charitable. Make for yourselves purses that do not become old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near, and no moth corrupts.
Luke 22:35And he said to them: When I sent you without purse and bag and sandals, did you need any thing? They replied: Nothing.
Acts 4:37having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.
1 Timothy 6:19treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on 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 →