Acts 8:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Kings 8:9

So Hazael went to meet him, taking a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camel loads. When he entered and stood before him, he said, “Your son King Ben-hadad of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this illness?’ ”

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death those who should not die and keeping alive those who should not live, by your lies to my people, who listen to lies.

Matthew 10:8

Cure the sick; raise the dead; cleanse those with a skin disease; cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.

Acts 8:17

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:19

saying, “Give me also this power so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

1 Timothy 6:5

and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.