Acts 8:23-25
J.B. Phillips New Testament
20-23 But Peter said to him, “To hell with you and your money! How dare you think you could buy the gift of God! You can have no share or place in this ministry, for your heart is not honest before God. All you can do now is to repent of this wickedness of yours and pray earnestly to God that the evil intention of your heart may be forgiven. For I can see inside you, and I see a man bitter with jealousy and bound with his own sin!”
24 To this Simon answered, “Please pray to the Lord for me that none of these things that you have spoken about may come upon me!”
25 When Peter and John had given their clear witness and spoken the Word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.
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Acts 8:23-25
English Standard Version
23 For I see that you are in (A)the gall[a] of bitterness and in (B)the bond of iniquity.” 24 And Simon answered, (C)“Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
25 Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, (D)preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
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- Acts 8:23 That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile
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