Acts 8:9-11

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⁹ But there was a man named Simon in that city. ·Before Philip came there, [^LPreviously] Simon had practiced ·magic [sorcery] and amazed all the people of Samaria. He ·bragged and called himself [^Lsaid he was] a great man. ¹⁰ All the people—·the least important and the most important [^Lfrom the smallest to the greatest]—paid attention to Simon, saying, “This man has the power of God, called ‘·the Great Power [^LGreat]’!” ¹¹ Simon had amazed them with his ·magic [sorcery] so long that the people ·became his followers [^Lpaid attention to him].