Acts 8:18

WEB

¹⁸Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

KJV

¹⁸And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

BSB

¹⁸When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

FBV

¹⁸When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given when the apostles placed their hands on people, he offered them money.

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Extra References

1 Timothy 6:5

⁵constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

Matthew 10:8

⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,^[+] and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

⁹So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him and said, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 5:15-16

¹⁵He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, “See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”

¹⁶But he said, “As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.

Ezekiel 13:19

¹⁹You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.’