15. who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
16. For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
17. Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
18. Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed 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 obtain the gift of God with money!
21. You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
22. Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
23. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
24. But Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."
25. So, when they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
26. But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, "Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.)
27. So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,
28. and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29. Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this 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.