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Acts 5:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.


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


He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.  He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.


They do everything   to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries   and lengthen their tassels.   ,


‘The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord.  For I am a great King,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and my name will be feared among the nations.


For the love of money is a root  of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith  and pierced themselves with many griefs.


Do nothing out of selfish ambition  or conceit,  but in humility  consider others as more important  than yourselves.


Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.


But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property.


‘Tell me,’ Peter asked her, ‘did you sell the land for this price? ’ ‘Yes,’ she said, ‘for that price.’





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