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So Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Peter and John went down to Samaria where they prayed that the new believers would receive the Holy Spirit. (
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This was because the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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So Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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When Simon perceived that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money.
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He said, "Give me this authority too so that anyone on whom I lay my hands will receive the Holy Spirit."
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