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But there was a certain man called Simon, who before in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
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To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
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And to him they had regard, because that for a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
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But when they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning 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 done.
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Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John:
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Who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
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(For as yet he had fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized 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 laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
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Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.