³⁷ sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.^(A)

¹⁸ When Simon saw that the Holy^[a] Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

²⁰ But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!^(A)

²⁶ At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul.^[a] For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.