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15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
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When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
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When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
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and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
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Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
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You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
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Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
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For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
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Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
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After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.
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