^{14 Ref} Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

^{15 Ref} who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

^{16 Ref} for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

^{17 Ref} Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

^{18 Ref} Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

^{19 Ref} saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.

^{20 Ref} But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

^{21 Ref} Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.

^{22 Ref} Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

^{23 Ref} For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

^{24 Ref} And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.

^{25 Ref} They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.