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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 also this power 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 God’s gift with money! Acts 8:18-20, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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