Verb pōleō (to sell) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

10: 29Are not two sparrows sold (pōleō) for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
13: 44"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells (pōleō) all that he has and buys that field.
19: 21Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell (pōleō) your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."
21: 12Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling (pōleō) and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold (pōleō) doves.
25: 9But the wise replied, 'No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'

Mark

10: 21Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell (pōleō) what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."
11: 15Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling (pōleō) and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold (pōleō) doves;

Luke

12: 6Are not five sparrows sold (pōleō) for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
12: 33Sell (pōleō) your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
17: 28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling (pōleō), planting and building,
18: 22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is still one thing lacking. Sell (pōleō) all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."
19: 45Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling (pōleō) things there;
22: 36He said to them, "But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must sell (pōleō) his cloak and buy one.

John

2: 14In the temple he found people selling (pōleō) cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.
2: 16He told those who were selling (pōleō) the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"

Acts

4: 34There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold (pōleō) them and brought the proceeds of what was sold (pōleō).
4: 37He sold (pōleō) a field that belonged to him, then brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
5: 1But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold (pōleō) a piece of property;