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Acts 8
² And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
³ As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
⁴ Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
⁵ Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
⁶ And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
⁷ For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
⁸ And there was great joy in that city.
⁹ But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,
¹⁰ to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great power of God."
¹¹ And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time.
¹² But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.