Acts 8:13-23 Even Simon believed, and after his baptism attached himself to Philip, and was in his turn mystified at seeing signs and great miracles constantly occurring.

Twentieth_Century⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ Even Simon believed, and after his baptism attached himself to Philip, and was in his turn mystified at seeing signs and great miracles constantly occurring. ¹⁴ When the Apostles at Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had welcomed God's Message, they sent Peter and John to them; ¹⁵ And they, on their arrival, prayed that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁶ (As yet the Spirit had not descended upon any of them; they had only been baptized into the Faith of the Lord Jesus). ¹⁷ Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ When Simon saw that it was through the placing of the Apostles' hands on them that the Spirit was given, he brought them a sum of money and said: ¹⁹ "Give me also this power of yours, so that, if I place my hands upon any one, he may receive the Holy Spirit." ²⁰ "A curse upon you and upon your money," Peter exclaimed, "for thinking that God's free gift can be bought with gold! ²¹ You have no share or part in our Message, for your 'heart is not right with God.' ²² Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, that, if possible, you may be forgiven for such a thought; ²³ For I see that you have fallen into the 'bitterness of envy' and the 'fetters of sin.'"