15. who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
16. for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
17. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
18. Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
19. saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone 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 neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
22. Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
23. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”
24. And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
25. Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
26. Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.
27. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
28. and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29. And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”
30. So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31. And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32. Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughterand like a lamb before its shearer is silent,so he opens not his mouth.