Acts 8:9-11

New International Reader's Version

Simon the Evil Magician

⁹ A man named Simon lived in the city. For quite a while he had practiced evil magic there. He amazed all the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great. ¹⁰ And all the people listened to him, from the least important of them to the most important. They exclaimed, “It is right to call this man the Great Power of God!” ¹¹ He had amazed them for a long time with his evil magic. So they followed him.