14. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15. who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16. for as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
17. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18. Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19. saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20. But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.
21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.
22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.
23. For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
24. And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25. They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
26. But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.
27. And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem for to worship;
28. and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.