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New Living Translation (NLT)

Acts 8
² (Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.)
³ But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison.
⁴ But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.
⁵ Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.
⁶ Crowds listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and see the miraculous signs he did.
⁷ Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many who had been paralyzed or lame were healed.
⁸ So there was great joy in that city.
⁹ A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, amazing the people of Samaria and claiming to be someone great.
¹⁰ Everyone, from the least to the greatest, often spoke of him as “the Great One—the Power of God.”
¹¹ They listened closely to him because for a long time he had astounded them with his magic.
¹² But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women were baptized.