Acts 8:21
You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 13:8And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.
2 Chronicles 25:2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.
Psalms 78:36But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him;
Habakkuk 2:4As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
John 21:17He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
Hebrews 4:13And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:15-26
The Account of Simon Magus. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was… Read the whole commentary →