The Acts

¹⁴Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: ¹⁵who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: ¹⁶for as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. ¹⁸Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. ²⁰But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.