Acts 8:9-18

9But there was a certain man, called Simon, who before in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great person: 10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. 11And to him they had regard, because that for a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 12But 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. 13Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and was amazed, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.1

14Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John: 15Who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit: 16(For as yet he had fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,