King James Version (KJV)

Acts 8:19

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

Verse in context — Acts 8

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.

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

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