Acts 8:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camel loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’ ”

Ezekiel 13:19

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

Matthew 10:8

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay.

Acts 8:17

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

Acts 8:19

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

1 Timothy 6:5

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