Acts 2:45

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Summary

Acts 2:45

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

Sold

Luke 19:8

Parted

General references

Hebrews 13:1

Bible References

Sold

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,

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold property,

And the disciples, as any man prospered, determined, each of them regarding aid, to send to the brothers who dwell in Judea,

Sell 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.

And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

And when he heard these things, Jesus said to him, Yet one thing is lacking from thee. Sell all things, as many as thou have, and distribute to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

And having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, Behold, half of the things possessed by me, Lord, I give to the poor. And if I defrauded any man of anything, I repay fourfold.

Parted

He has scattered, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn shall be exalted with honor.

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.

Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?

For indeed it is superfluous for me to write to you about the service for the sanctified.

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,

What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him?

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.

But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

General references

Let brotherly love abide.