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Acts 5:2

With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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ASV

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

KJV

And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐνοσφίσατοenosphisatohe kept backG3557 →
ἀπὸapofromG575 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
τιμῆς,timēsproceeds,G5092 →
συνειδυίηςsuneiduiēsalready being awareG4894 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
γυναικόςgunaikoswifeG1135 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐνέγκαςenegkashaving broughtG5342 →
μέροςmerosa portionG3313 →
τιticertainG5100 →
παρὰparaatG3844 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
πόδαςpodasfeetG4228 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
ἀποστόλωνapostolōnapostlesG652 →
ἔθηκεν.¶ethēkenhe laid [it].G5087 →

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Acts 4:37sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.Acts 4:35and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.2 Peter 2:14–15Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.Acts 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?John 12:6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.Joshua 7:11–12Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.Matthew 6:2–3So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Malachi 3:8–9Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.2 Kings 5:21–25So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.Acts 4:34–35There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,Acts 5:8“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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