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But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed 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 that power of God which is called Great.

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And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

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But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.

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

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who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

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for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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Now when Simon saw that through the 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 my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.

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But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

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Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.

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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

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For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

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And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.

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They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.