Acts 8:18-25

Modern English Version

¹⁸ When Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

²⁰ Peter said to him, “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could purchase the gift of God with money! ²¹ You have neither part nor share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. ²² Therefore repent of your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. ²³ For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”

²⁴ Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me that nothing you have spoken may come upon me.”

²⁵ When they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.