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.

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.