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.

¹⁸ When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money

¹⁹ and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”