King James Version (KJV)

Acts 8:18

“And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,”

Verse in context — Acts 8

(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

The birth and growth of the early church through the power of the Holy Spirit.