Note 43 — THE ESSENES.
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So our Lord urged on the young man, who lived so exemplary a life in the performance of God’s law, and whom he loved, that unless he gave up his property he could not follow him (comp. Matth. xix. 21 ; Mark x. 21 ; Luke xviii. 22 ), and commanded his disciples to sell all their possessions and distribute the money among the poor (comp. Luke xii. 33 .) ↑