Acts 8:14-20

¹⁴But at that time the Holy Spirit didn’t go into any of those Samaria people. Philip only baptised the people to show they belonged to Jesus. Then the close followers of Jesus in Jerusalem heard that the people in Samaria believed God’s word, so they sent Peter and John to Samaria. After those 2 men got there, they put their hands on the people that believed in Jesus, and prayed for them. Then the Holy Spirit came into those people.

¹⁸Simon watched Peter and John. He saw them put their hands on people, and he saw the Holy Spirit go into those people. So Simon said to Peter, “Let me have that power too. I will pay you money if you give me that power, so that if I put my hands on people the Holy Spirit will go into them.”

²⁰But Peter said to him, “You think you can buy God’s power with money, but you are wrong. No way. God can see that you are not thinking the right way. You are just thinking about money. If you are like that you can’t be with us. Look out, God can finish you up, and finish up your money too.