Acts 8:9-19
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9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
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10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
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11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
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12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
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13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
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14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
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15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
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16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
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19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.