Acts 8:20-22

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁰But Peter said to him, “Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!^[a] ²¹You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. ²²Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

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8.20 Hence the word “simony,” meaning “buying and selling spiritual powers and privileges.”

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