Acts 4:23-35

²³After they had been set at liberty, the apostles went to their friends and told them what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

²⁴All who heard their story, moved by a common impulse, raised their voices to God in prayer: “Sovereign Lord, it is you who has made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

²⁵and who, by the lips of our ancestor, your servant David, who spoke under the influence of the Holy Spirit, have said — ‘Why did the nations rage, and the peoples form vain designs?

²⁶The kings of the earth set their array, and its rulers gathered together, against the Lord and against his Christ.’

²⁷There have indeed gathered together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you has consecrated the Christ, not Herod and Pontius Pilate only, but the nations and the people of Israel besides —

²⁸Yet only to do what you, by your power and of your own will, did long ago destine to be done.

²⁹Now, therefore, Lord, mark their threats, and enable your servants, with all fearlessness, to tell your message,

³⁰while you stretch out your hand to heal, and cause signs and wonders to take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

³¹When their prayer was ended, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to tell God's message fearlessly.

³²The whole body of those who had become believers in Christ were of one heart and mind. Not one of them claimed any of his goods as his own, but everything was held for the common use.

³³The apostles continued with great power to bear their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's blessing rested on them all abundantly.

³⁴Nor was there anyone in need amongst them, for all who were owners of land or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the sales

³⁵And laid them at the apostles' feet; and then everyone received a share in proportion to his wants.