Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hand on them and they received the holy Spirit.  (Acts 8: 14-17)

 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came upon them …  (Acts 19: 1-6)

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