18. But when Simon had seen that, by the imposition of the hands of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
19. saying, "Give this power to me also, so that on whomever I will lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter said to him:
20. "Let your money be with you in perdition, for you have supposed that a gift of God might be possessed by money.
21. There is no part or place for you in this matter. For your heart is not upright in the sight of God.
22. And so, repent from this, your wickedness, and beg God, so that perhaps this plan of your heart might be forgiven you.
23. For I perceive you to be in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity."
24. Then Simon responded by saying, "Pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me."
25. And indeed, after testifying and speaking the Word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and they evangelized the many regions of the Samaritans.
26. Now an Angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Rise up and go toward the south, to the way which descends from Jerusalem into Gaza, where there is a desert."
27. And rising up, he went. And behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, powerful under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, had arrived in Jerusalem to worship.