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Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could ^(ab)obtain the gift of God with money!

You have ^(ac)no part or portion in this ^[f]matter, for your heart is not ^(ad)right before God.

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, ^(ae)if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in ^(af)the ^[g]bondage of iniquity."

But Simon answered and said, "^(ag)Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."

So, when they had solemnly ^(ah)testified and spoken ^(ai)the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were ^(aj)preaching the gospel to many villages of the ^(ak)Samaritans.