Cross References

Acts 8:19

New Living Translation

“Let me have this power, too,” he exclaimed, “so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit!”

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No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.

Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power.

But Peter replied, “May your money be destroyed with you for thinking God’s gift can be bought!

I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us.