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• When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

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• When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

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• because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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• Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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• When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles hands, he offered them money

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• and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

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• Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

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• You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

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• Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.

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• For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."

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• Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."

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• When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.