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]. ¹² But when Philip told them the ·Good News [Gospel] about the kingdom of God and the ·power [^Lname] of Jesus Christ, men and women believed Philip and were baptized. ¹³ Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed very close to Philip. When he saw the ·miracles [signs] and the powerful things Philip did, Simon was amazed.