Acts 8:20
But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou shouldst be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
Joshua 7:24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor.
2 Kings 5:26And he said to him, Went not my heart with thee , when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants?
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely ye 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 →