²⁴ And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; then he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, ^(A)Samaria,^[a] after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill.

⁵ So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that ^(A)Jacob ^(B)gave to his son Joseph.

The Sorcerer’s Sin

¹⁴ Now when the ^(A)apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,