Acts 8:19-20

8:19 saying, “Give me this power ¹  too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.” 8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, ²  because you thought you could acquire ³  God’s gift with money!

[8:19]  ¹ tn Or “ability”; Grk “authority.”

[8:20]  ² tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased.

[8:20]  ³ tn Or “obtain.”