Acts 5:3
Good News Translation
Peter said to him, "Ananias, why did you let Satan take control of you and make you lie to the Holy Spirit by keeping part of the money you received for the property?

New Revised Standard Version
“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?

Contemporary English Version
Peter said, "Why has Satan made you keep back some of the money from the sale of the property? Why have you lied to the Holy Spirit?

New American Bible
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you lied to the holy Spirit and retained part of the price of the land?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land?

why.

Genesis 3:13-17 And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat. . . .

1 Kings 22:21,22 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means? . . .

1 Chronicles 21:1-3 And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to number Israel. . . .

Matthew 4:3-11 And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. . . .

Matthew 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.

Luke 22:3 And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, one of the twelve.

John 13:2,27 And when supper was done (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him), . . .

Ephesians 6:11-16 Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. . . .

James 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

Revelation 12:9-11 And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him. . . .

lie to.

Acts 5:9 And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door: and they shall carry thee out,

Job 22:13 And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

Psalm 94:7-9 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand. . . .

Isaiah 29:15 Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

Jeremiah 23:24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

Hosea 11:12 Ephraim hath compassed me about with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Juda went down as a witness with God, and is faithful with the saints.

to keep.

Numbers 30:2 If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised.

Deuteronomy 23:21 When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it: because the Lord thy God will require it. And if thou delay, it shall be imputed to thee for a sin.

Proverbs 20:25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

Ecclesiastes 5:4 If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.

Romans 2:21,22 Thou therefore, that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou, that preachest that men should not steal, stealest. . . .

Context
Ananias and Sapphira
2And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto: and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles. 3But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land? 4Whilst it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, was it not in thy power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

Luke 22:3
And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, one of the twelve.

John 13:2
And when supper was done (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him),

John 13:27
And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him: That which thou dost, do quickly.

Acts 5:2
And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto: and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles.

Acts 5:4
Whilst it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, was it not in thy power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

Acts 5:9
And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door: and they shall carry thee out,

Acts 5:2
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