“Whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath” ([Matthew xiii, 12]).
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
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What did he say would be the fate of those who took up the sword?
“They that take the sword shall perish with the sword” ([Matthew xxvi, 52]).
He evidently considered this commendable, for he immediately issued the following command to his disciples:
“He that hath no sword let him sell his garments and buy one” ([Luke xxii, 36]).