Acts 8:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ However, when Simon saw that the [Holy] Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money and offered it to them,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But when Simon had seen that, by the imposition of the hands of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

Acts 8:18 Cross References

2 Kings 8:9

So Haz´a-el 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, Thy son Ben–ha´dad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

Ezekiel 13:19

And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

Matthew 10:8

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Acts 8:17

Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:19

saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

1 Timothy 6:5

perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.