Acts 4:34
And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,
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35And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:7For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.
Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
Luke 12:33Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
Luke 22:35And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of anything? And they said, Nothing.
Acts 4:37Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.
1 Timothy 6:19Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.
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 →