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18 Now when Simon saw that the Ruach ha-Kodesh was given through the laying on of hands by the emissaries, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give this power to me, too—so that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Ruach ha-Kodesh.”

20 Peter said to him, “May your silver go to ruin, and you with it—because you thought you could buy God’s gift with money!

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