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and said, "Give me this power so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit."
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Peter told Simon, "May your money be destroyed with you because you thought you could buy God's gift.
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You won't have any share in this because God can see how twisted your thinking is.
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So change your wicked thoughts, and ask the Lord if he will forgive you for thinking like this.
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I can see that you are bitter with jealousy and wrapped up in your evil ways."
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Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you said will happen to me."
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After they had boldly spoken about the message of the Lord, they spread the Good News in many Samaritan villages on their way back to Jerusalem.
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An angel from the Lord said to Philip, "Get up, and take the desert road that goes south from Jerusalem to Gaza."
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So Philip went. An Ethiopian man who had come to Jerusalem to worship was on his way home. The man was a eunuch, a high-ranking official in charge of all the treasures of Queen Candace of Ethiopia.
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As the official rode along in his carriage, he was reading the prophet Isaiah out loud.
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The Spirit said to Philip, "Go to that carriage, and stay close to it."