¹⁰ and present the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel ^(A)shall lay their hands on the Levites.

¹⁸ So the Lord said to Moses, “^[a]Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man ^(A)in whom is the Spirit, and ^(B)lay your hand on him;

⁹ Now Joshua the son of Nun was ^(A)filled with the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²³ and *pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and ^(A)lay Your hands on her, so that she will ^[a]get well and live.”

¹⁷ Then they ^(A)began laying their hands on them, and they were ^(B)receiving the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” ²⁰ But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could ^(C)acquire the gift of God with money! ²¹ You have ^(D)no part or share in this ^[a]matter, for your heart is not ^(E)right before God. ²² Therefore, repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, ^(F)if possible, the intention of your heart will be forgiven you. ²³ For I see that you are ^[b]in the gall of bitterness and in ^(G)the ^[c]bondage of unrighteousness.” ²⁴ But Simon answered and said, “^(H)Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

An Ethiopian Receives Christ

²⁵ So, when they had solemnly ^(I)testified and spoken ^(J)the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were ^(K)preaching the gospel to many villages of the ^(L)Samaritans.

²⁶ But ^(M)an angel of the Lord spoke to ^(N)Philip, saying, “Get ready and go ^[d]south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to ^(O)Gaza.” (^[e]This is a desert road.) ²⁷ So he got ready and went; and ^[f](P)there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of ^[g]Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he ^(Q)had come to Jerusalem to worship, ²⁸ and he was returning and sitting in his ^[h]chariot, and was reading Isaiah the prophet. ²⁹ Then ^(R)the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this ^[i]chariot.” ³⁰ Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” ³¹ And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. ³² Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

³⁴ The eunuch answered Philip and said, “Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself, or of someone else?” ³⁵ Then Philip ^(U)opened his mouth, and ^(V)beginning from this Scripture he ^(W)preached Jesus to him. ³⁶ As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! ^(X)What prevents me from being baptized?”^{[l] 38} And he ordered that the ^[m]chariot stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. ³⁹ When they came up out of the water, ^(Y)the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, ^[n]but went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ But Philip ^[o]found himself at ^[p](Z)Azotus, and as he passed through he ^(AA)kept preaching the gospel to all the cities, until he came to ^(AB)Caesarea.

¹⁷ So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after ^(A)laying his hands on him said, “^(B)Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit.”

³ Then, when they had fasted, ^(A)prayed, and ^(B)laid their hands on them, ^(C)they sent them away.

⁶ And when Paul had ^(A)laid hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they began ^(B)speaking with tongues and ^(C)prophesying.

¹⁴ Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was granted to you through words of ^(A)prophecy with ^(B)the laying on of hands by the ^[a](C)council of elders.