For there was not so much as anyone, lacking, among them; for, as many as were possessors of lands or houses, selling them, were bringing the prices of the things that were being sold,

Having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the feet of the Apostles.

But, a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

While it remained, was it not, as thine own, it remained? and, when sold, was it not, in thine own authority, that it still continued? Why was it that thou didst contrive in thy heart this deed? Thou hast not dealt falsely with men but, with God.