Acts 8:18-23

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.”