Lawrence Reed is still trying to convince himself that Jesus was a capitalist for whom private property was inviolable

Here:

"What about the reference, in the Book of Acts, to the early Christians selling their worldly goods and sharing communally in the proceeds? That sounds like a progressive utopia. On closer inspection, however, it turns out that those early Christians did not sell everything they had and were not commanded or expected to do so. ... It may disappoint progressives to learn that Christ's words and deeds repeatedly upheld such critically-important, capitalist virtues as contract, profit and private property."

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Reed cherry picks his evidence, of course, leaving examples such as these still on the tree because they contradict his claims, all the while arguing against a straw man named the redistributionist state which is equally anachronistic:

And all who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need.

-- Acts 2:44f.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

-- Matthew 19:21 

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

-- Mark 10:21

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

-- Luke 18:22

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

-- Luke 12:33

So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

-- Luke 14:33

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

-- Luke 18:28

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

-- Mark 10:28

Then Peter said to Him, Behold, we have left everything and followed You.

-- Matthew 19:27

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. ... Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

-- Matthew 4:20, 22

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

-- Luke 5:11

And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

-- Luke 5:28