Acts 8:13-23

¹³Simon too believed and was baptized. He accompanied Philip, amazed at the miraculous signs and wonders he saw.

¹⁴When the apostles back in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to visit them.

¹⁵When they arrived they prayed for the converts in Samaria to receive the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶The Holy Spirit hadn't come to any of these converts yet—they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷The apostles placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given when the apostles placed their hands on people, he offered them money.

¹⁹“Give me this power, too,” he asked them, “so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit.”

²⁰“May your money be destroyed together with you for thinking God's gift is something that can be bought!” Peter replied.

²¹“You're not part of any of this. None of this work belongs to you, because in God's eyes your attitude is totally wrong.

²²Repent of your evil ways! Pray to the Lord and ask forgiveness for thinking like this.

²³I can see that you are full of bitter envy, and chained down by your sin.”