Acts 8:14–24

¹⁴The apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had received the word of God, so they sent Peter and John to them. ¹⁵When they arrived, they prayed for the believers that they might receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁶For the Holy Spirit had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸Simon saw that the Spirit had been given to the believers when the apostles placed their hands on them. So he offered money to Peter and John, ¹⁹and said, “Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit.”

²⁰But Peter answered him, “May you and your money go to hell, for thinking that you can buy God’s gift with money! ²¹You have no part or share in our work, because your heart is not right in God’s sight. ²²Repent, then, of this evil plan of yours, and pray to the Lord that he will forgive you for thinking such a thing as this. ²³For I see that you are full of bitter envy and are a prisoner of sin.”

²⁴Simon said to Peter and John, “Please pray to the Lord for me, so that none of these things you spoke of will happen to me.”