Acts 8:9-11
New International Version
Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(A) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(B) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(C) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.
Acts 8:9-11
King James Version
9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
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Acts 8:9-11
New King James Version
The Sorcerer’s Profession of Faith
9 But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously (A)practiced [a]sorcery in the city and (B)astonished the [b]people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, 10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.” 11 And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his [c]sorceries for a long time.
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Acts 8:18
New International Version
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money
Acts 8:18
King James Version
18 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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Acts 8:18
New King James Version
18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
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Acts 8:19
New International Version
19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 8:19
King James Version
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
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Acts 8:19
New King James Version
19 saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
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