• chuckleslord@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    8 months ago

    I mean, in the context of the passage it’s pretty fucking clear that it isn’t an easy thing to do. It doesn’t matter if the saying was slightly off, the message is “give away all your possessions in order to follow Christ”.

    • bitwaba@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      No, it’s right there in the text. “Sell”, not “give”. You can be rich, you just can’t have stuff.

      Checkmate camels

      • 257m
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        8 months ago

        Well it says to give the money to the poor after you sell your stuff. So you can’t have money or stuff.