19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Read full chapter

19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.

But Elymas the (A)magician (for that is the meaning of his name) (B)opposed them, seeking to turn (C)the proconsul away from the faith.

Read full chapter

But Elymas the sorcerer(A) (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul(B) from the faith.(C)

Read full chapter

20 In that day (A)mankind will cast away
    their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
    to the moles and to the (B)bats,
21 (C)to enter the caverns of the rocks
    and the clefts of the cliffs,
from before the terror of the Lord,
    and from the splendor of his majesty,
    (D)when he rises to terrify the earth.

Read full chapter

20 In that day(A) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(B)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(C)
    which they made to worship.(D)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(E)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(F)
    when he rises(G) to shake the earth.(H)

Read full chapter

25 The carved images of their gods (A)you shall burn with fire. You (B)shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be (C)ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. 26 And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction[a] like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, (D)for it is devoted to destruction.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:26 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); twice in this verse

25 The images of their gods you are to burn(A) in the fire. Do not covet(B) the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared(C) by it, for it is detestable(D) to the Lord your God. 26 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction.(E) Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.

Read full chapter

20 He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.

Read full chapter

20 And he took the calf the people had made and burned(A) it in the fire; then he ground it to powder,(B) scattered it on the water(C) and made the Israelites drink it.

Read full chapter

So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under (A)the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

Read full chapter

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears,(A) and Jacob buried them under the oak(B) at Shechem.(C)

Read full chapter

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain (A)magician, (B)a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

Read full chapter

They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer(A) and false prophet(B) named Bar-Jesus,

Read full chapter

Simon the Magician Believes

But there was a man named Simon, (A)who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, (B)saying that he himself was somebody great. 10 They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, (C)“This man is the power of God that is called (D)Great.” 11 And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had (E)amazed them with his magic.

Read full chapter

Simon the Sorcerer

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(A) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(B) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(C) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.

Read full chapter

Then the king commanded that (A)the magicians, (B)the enchanters, the (C)sorcerers, and (D)the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and (E)stood before the king.

Read full chapter

So the king summoned the magicians,(A) enchanters, sorcerers(B) and astrologers[a](C) to tell him what he had dreamed.(D) When they came in and stood before the king,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10

22 Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. (A)You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”

Read full chapter

22 Then you will desecrate your idols(A) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;(B) you will throw them away like a menstrual(C) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!(D)

Read full chapter

34 For (A)you had compassion on those in prison, and (B)you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had (C)a better possession and an abiding one.

Read full chapter

34 You suffered along with those in prison(A) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(B)

Read full chapter

33 (A)So therefore, any one of you who (B)does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Read full chapter

33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.(A)

Read full chapter

29 (A)If your right eye (B)causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into (C)hell. 30 (D)And if your right hand (E)causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into (F)hell.

Read full chapter

29 If your right eye causes you to stumble,(A) gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble,(B) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Read full chapter