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Acts 5 has the story about a couple who sold some property and brought some of the money to the apostles. The problem seems to have been that they SAID that it was all the money from the sale but it was not. Now, it was their land and I don't think they were obligated to give all the money (Peter seems to indicate this when he speaks with Ananias) if they wanted to give some to the apostles and keep some to buy an RV that would have been ok. But to say they had given it all, that was the problem. Of course it doesn't strike me as the sort of problem that one should be stricken dead over. But the point seems to have been taken- God expects truthfulness.

11Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.