₁₄The apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had received the word of God, so they sent Peter and John to them. ₁₅When they arrived, they prayed for the believers that they might receive the Holy Spirit. ₁₆For the Holy Spirit had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ₁₇Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.