19 saying, “Give to me also this power, so that whomever I place my[a] hands on may receive the Holy Spirit!” 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver be destroyed along with you,[b] because you thought you could acquire[c] the gift of God by means of money! 21 You have no[d] part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:19 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Acts 8:20 Literally “be for destruction with you”
  3. Acts 8:20 Literally “to acquire”
  4. Acts 8:21 Literally “there is for you no”