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Acts 19:19

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

A bunch of people who were into magic and occult stuff gathered up all their spell books and burned them in front of everyone. When they added up what all those books were worth, it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver — that's serious money we're talking about.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes letting go of your old life costs everything, but it's worth it for the real thing.

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