English Standard Version

Acts 5:1-3 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

2. and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

3. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?