Acts 8:14-25

¹⁴When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

¹⁵On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

¹⁹“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

²⁰But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

²¹You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

²²Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

²³For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

²⁴Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

²⁵And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

— Acts 8:14-25

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Cross References for Acts 8:14-25

• Acts 2:38
• Matthew 10:8
• Acts 19:6
• Acts 6:6
• Daniel 5:17
• Acts 19:2
• 2 Timothy 2:25-26
• Hebrews 4:13
• Matthew 28:19
• 2 Kings 5:15-16

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