Bible verses about "socialism" | Murdock

²¹ Jesus saith to him: If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell thy property, and give to the poor; and there shall be for thee a treasure in heaven; and come thou after me.

¹¹ He answered and said to them: Whoever hath two tunics, let him give one to him that hath none; and whoever hath food, let him do the same.

³² And in the assembly of the persons that believed, there was one soul, and one mind: and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's. ³³ And with great power, the legates testified to the resurrection of Jesus Messiah: and great grace was with them all. ³⁴ And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold, ³⁵ and placed it at the feet of the legates; and distribution was made to every one, as he had need.

²⁸ And let him that stole, steal no more; but let him labor with his hands, and do good acts; that he may have to give to him who needeth.

² And bear ye one another's burdens, that so ye may fulfill the law of the Messiah.

¹³ For it is not, that others may have easement, and you pressure; ¹⁴ but that ye may be on equality at the present time; and that your abundance may be a supply to their want; that their abundance likewise may be a supply to your want; that there may be equality. ¹⁵ As it is written, He who gathered much, had nothing over; and he that gathered little, was not deficient.

¹⁰ And while we were with you, we also gave you this precept, That every one who would not work, should likewise not eat.

⁴⁴ And all they who believed, were together; and whatever belonged to them, was of the community. ⁴⁵ And they who had a possession, sold it, and divided to each one as he had need.

² Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their reward. ³ But thou, when doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ that thy alms may be in secret. And thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.