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

¹⁸ When Simon saw that the Spirit^[a] 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 you could obtain the gift of God with money!^(A)

²⁶ At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would offer him money.^[a] So he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.