Acts 8:14-25 When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem, hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem, hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn ¹⁵ Which when they were come downe, prayed for the that they myght receaue the holy ghost ¹⁶ (For as yet he was come downe vpon none of them, but they were baptized only in the name of Christ Iesu. ¹⁷ Then layde they their handes on the, and they receaued the holy ghost ¹⁸ And when Simon sawe, that thorow laying on of the apostles handes, ye holy ghost was geuen, he offred the money ¹⁹ Saying: Geue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I put the hands, he may receaue the holy ghost ²⁰ But Peter sayde vnto him: Thy money perishe with thee, because thou hast thought that the gyfte of God may be obteyned with money ²¹ Thou hast neither part nor felowship in this busynesse: For thy hearte is not ryght in the syght of God ²² Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse, & praye God, if perhaps ye thought of thyne heart may be forgeuen thee ²³ For I perceaue yt thou art in the gall of bitternesse, & wrapped in iniquitie ²⁴ The aunswered Simon & said: Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these thinges which ye haue spoke fall on me ²⁵ And they, when they had testified and preached the worde of the Lorde, returned towarde Hierusalem, and preached the Gospell in many townes of the Samaritanes