Acts 8:9-25
Simon the Sorcerer

9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

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10 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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11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

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12 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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13 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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14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

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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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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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17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

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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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19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

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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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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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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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23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.

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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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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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