Acts 8:14–24

The Sorcerer’s Sin

¹⁴Now when the ^japostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, ¹⁵who, when they had come down, prayed for them ^kthat they might receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁶For ^las yet He had fallen upon none of them. ^mThey had only been baptized in ⁿthe name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷Then ^othey laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

²⁰But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because ^pyou thought that ^qthe gift of God could be purchased with money! ²¹You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your ^rheart is not right in the sight of God. ²²Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God ^sif perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. ²³For I see that you are ^tpoisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

²⁴Then Simon answered and said, ^u“Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.”