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Acts 8:18

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And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

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  1. Acts 8:16

    (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

  2. Acts 8:17

    Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

  3. Acts 8:19

    Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

  4. Acts 8:20

    But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.