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

1 John 3:17

General references

Hebrews 13:1

Bible References

Sold

For there was not a needy person among them, For all who were owners of land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of the sales

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

And the disciples determined, each according to his ability, to send relief for the brethren living in Judea.

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold."

Parted

Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for the saints,

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous and ready to share,

What good is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can such faith save him?

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

General references

Let brotherly love continue.