“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed