Acts 8:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹ For some time a man named Simon had lived there and had amazed the people of Samaria. He practiced witchcraft and claimed to be somebody great. ¹⁰ Everyone, rich and poor, crowded around him. They said, “This man is the power of God called ‘The Great Power.’ ”

¹¹ For a long time, Simon had used witchcraft to amaze the people, and they kept crowding around him.