So Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Christ to the Samaritans.

There was a man named Simon in the city, who had kept the Samaritan people thrilled by practicing magic there and by claiming to be a great man.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

They came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.