Acts 8:20

“A curse on you and on your silver,” Peter exclaimed, “for thinking that God’s free gift can be bought with money!

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In The King James Version

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

In Context

19“Give me also this power of yours, so that, if I place my hands on anyone, he may receive the Holy Spirit.”

21You have no share or part in our message, for your heart is not right with God.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:24Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan the son of Zerah and the silver and the robe and the bar of gold and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his donkeys and his sheep and his tent and all that he had. They brought them to the valley of Achor.

Habakkuk 2:9Woe to you who seeks unjust gain for your dynasty, who sets your nest on high to be safe from the reach of misfortune!

Matthew 10:8Cure the sick, raise the dead, make the lepers clean, drive out demons. You have received free of cost, give free of cost.

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 →

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