Acts 8:14-25 - Simon's Sin
14 Now the apostles in Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John; 15 who, indeed, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; 16 for as yet He had fallen upon no one of them, but they had only been immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 Now Simon, seeing that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money, 19 saying, "Give me also this authority, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit."
20 But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought to acquire the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part nor lot in this matter; for your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this your wickedness, and entreat the Lord, if, perhaps, the thought of your heart may be forgiven you; 23 for I see that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."
24 And Simon answered and said, "Pray ye to the Lord in my behalf, that none of the things which ye have spoken may come upon me."
25 They, therefore, having fully testified and spoken the word of the Lord, were returning to Jerusalem, and preaching the Gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.