8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem ¹  heard that Samaria had accepted the word ²  of God, they sent ³  Peter and John to them. 8:15 These two ⁴  went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 8:16 (For the Spirit ⁵  had not yet come upon ⁶  any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) ⁷  8:17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, ⁸  and they received the Holy Spirit. ⁹ 

8:18 Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit ¹⁰  was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money, 8:19 saying, “Give me this power ¹¹  too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.” 8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, ¹²  because you thought you could acquire ¹³  God’s gift with money! 8:21 You have no share or part ¹⁴  in this matter ¹⁵  because your heart is not right before God! 8:22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord ¹⁶  that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart. ¹⁷  8:23 For I see that you are bitterly envious ¹⁸  and in bondage to sin.” 8:24 But Simon replied, ¹⁹  “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to ²⁰  me.”

8:25 So after Peter and John ²¹  had solemnly testified ²²  and spoken the word of the Lord, ²³  they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming ²⁴  the good news to many Samaritan villages ²⁵  as they went. ²⁶