Acts 8:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ Condemnation of Simony. When Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed by the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, “Give me this power too so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”