⁶ Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year^(A) will be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you,

³⁴ that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them,^(A) brought the money from the sales ³⁵ and put it at the apostles’ feet,^(B) and it was distributed to anyone who had need.^(C)

The Believers Share Their Possessions

³² All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.^(A)

⁴⁴ All the believers were together and had everything in common.^(A)

²⁰ You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year^(A) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?”

¹¹ but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused.^(A) Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.