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But a certainmannamedAnanias,withSapphirahiswife,sold a possession,
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And kept back part of the price,hiswifealso being privy to it, andbrought a certainpart, and laid it at the apostles'feet.
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ButPetersaid, Ananias,why hath Satanfilledthinehearttolie to the HolyGhost,and to keep back part of the price of the land?
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Whiles it remained, was it not thine own*? and after it was sold, was it notin thine ownpower?whyhast thou conceivedthisthinginthineheart? thou hastnotlied unto men,but unto God.
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AndAnaniashearingthesewords fell down, and gave up the ghost: andgreatfearcameonall them that heard these things.
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And the young menarose, woundhimup, and carried him out, and buried him.