Acts 5:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

with his wife’s knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And with his wife's knowledge and connivance he kept back and wrongfully appropriated some of the proceeds, bringing only a part and putting it at the feet of the apostles.

American Standard Version (1901)

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Common English Bible

With his wife’s knowledge, he withheld some of the proceeds from the sale. He brought the rest and placed it in the care and under the authority of the apostles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and he was deceitful about the price of the field, with his wife's consent. And bringing only part of it, he placed it at the feet of the Apostles.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto: and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

Acts 5:2 Cross References

Malachi 1:14

Cursed be the cheat who has a male in the flock and vows to give it and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished, for I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is reverenced among the nations.

Matthew 23:5

They do all their deeds to be seen by others, for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.

John 12:6

(He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)

Acts 2:44

All who believed were together and had all things in common;

Acts 4:37

He sold a field that belonged to him, then brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 5:1

But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property;

Acts 5:3

“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?

Acts 5:8

Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you and your husband sold the land for such and such a price.” And she said, “Yes, that was the price.”

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.