Acts 8:18

New American Bible - revised edition

When Simon saw that the Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money

Cross References

2 Kings 8:9

Hazael went to visit him, carrying a present, and with forty camel loads of the best goods of Damascus. On his arrival, he stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you to ask, ‘Will I recover from my sickness?’”

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, slaying those who should not be slain, and keeping alive those who should not live, lying to my people, who listen to lies.

Matthew 10:8

Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.

Acts 8:17

Then they laid hands on them and they received the holy Spirit.

Acts 8:19

and said, “Give me this power too, so that anyone upon whom I lay my hands may receive the holy Spirit.”

1 Timothy 6:5

and mutual friction among people with corrupted minds, who are deprived of the truth, supposing religion to be a means of gain.