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Shim`on himself also believed. Being immersed, he continued with Pilipos. Seeing signs and great miracles done, he was amazed.
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Now when the apostles who were at Yerushalayim heard that Shomron had received the word of God, they sent Kefa and Yochanan to them,
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who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Ruach HaKodesh;
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for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been immersed into the name of the Lord Yeshua.
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Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Ruach HaKodesh.
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Now when Shim`on saw that the Ruach HaKodesh was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
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saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Ruach HaKodesh."
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But Kefa said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
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You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.
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Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
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For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."