1 Now a man called Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property. 2 He kept back some of the money he received for himself, and brought the rest to present to the apostles. His wife knew what he was doing.
3 Then Peter asked him, "Ananias, why did you let Satan convince you to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money from the land you sold? 4 While you had the land, didn’t it belong to you? And after you sold it, didn’t you still have control over what you did with the money? Why did you decide to do this? You haven’t lied to human beings, but to God!"