Keep thy money to thyself, to perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Glossa Ordinaria
Your money. Not ours, who do not covet it, but yours, which you compare to the Spirit, that you may sell it for him, and buy it with the Spirit. He wished to buy the Spirit for this reason, that selling him to others he might be able to receive more. Money. From this an example is taken, that the alms of the lost be not received. The apostles, not wanting the money, say, be it with you, that is, keep your own, and this, unto perdition, that, the money being unjustly gathered, you may pay eternal punishment.
English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.