¹² But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God^(A) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,^(B) both men and women. ¹³ Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles^(C) he saw.

¹⁴ When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria^(D) had accepted the word of God,^(E) they sent Peter and John^(F) to Samaria. ¹⁵ When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,^{(G) 16} because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;^(H) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.^{(I) 17} Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,^(J) and they received the Holy Spirit.^(K)