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And there was great joy in that city.
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But there was a certain man called Simon, who before this in the same city used magic arts and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that
he himself was some great one,
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to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This is the great virtue of God.
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And to him they had regard because for a long time he had amazed them with magic arts.
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But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
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Then Simon himself believed also; and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were being done.
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Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John unto them,
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who, when they were come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
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(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them; they were baptized only in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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Then they laid
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,