Acts 8:5-17 (Epistle)
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- Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
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- And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
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- For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
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- And there was great joy in that city.
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- But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,
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- to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.”
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- And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time.
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- But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.
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- Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.
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- Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
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- who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
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- For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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- Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.