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Acts 8:16-20 New International Version (NIV)

16. because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

17. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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.”

20. Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

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