Acts 8:20

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish along with you, because you thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

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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

19He said, “Give me this power, too, that whoever I place my hands on might receive the Holy Spirit.”

21You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right with God.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:26You will not bring any abomination into your house and start to worship it. You will utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

Joshua 7:24Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, the coat, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

2 Kings 5:26Elisha said to Gehazi, “Was not my spirit with you when the man turned his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants?

Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water, 2 and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! 2 Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 1

Habakkuk 2:9'Woe to the one who carves out evil gains for his house, 2 so he can set his nest on high to keep himself safe from the hand of evil.' 2

Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

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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