23. I see that you are full of bitter jealousy and cannot stop yourself from doing wrong.”
24. Simon answered, “Both of you pray to the Lord for me, so that what you have said will not happen to me.”
25. Then the two apostles told the people what they had seen Jesus do. They told them the message of the Lord. Then they went back to Jerusalem. On the way, they went through many Samaritan towns and told people the Good News.
26. An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip. The angel said, “Get ready and go south on the road that leads down to Gaza from Jerusalem—the road that goes through the desert.”