Acts 8:14-25

Simon's Sin

14 When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God's message, they sent Peter and John to them.

15 After they went down there, they prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

16 For He had not yet come down on^[a] any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

18 When Simon saw that the Holy^[b] Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

19 saying, "Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

20 But Peter told him, "May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!

21 You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.

22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

23 For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity."

24 "Please pray^[c] to the Lord for me," Simon replied, "so that nothing you^[d] have said may happen to me."

25 Then, after they had testified and spoken the message of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, evangelizing many villages of the Samaritans.

Footnotes

• [a] Or yet fallen on
• [b] Other mss omit Holy
• [c] Gk words you and pray are plural
• [d] Gk words you and pray are plural