¹² For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

⁴ Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ^(A)he who is in you is greater than ^(B)he who is in the world.

¹¹ And ^(A)the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

¹⁸ The ^(A)magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast. ¹⁹ Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is ^(B)the finger of God.” But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

¹⁹ And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰ So the word of the Lord ^(A)continued to increase and prevail mightily.

⁸ But Elymas the ^(A)magician (for that is the meaning of his name) ^(B)opposed them, seeking to turn ^(C)the proconsul away from the faith. ⁹ But Saul, who was also called Paul, ^(D)filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him ¹⁰ and said, “You ^(E)son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and ^(F)villainy, will you not stop ^(G)making crooked ^(H)the straight paths of the Lord? ¹¹ And now, behold, ^(I)the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking ^(J)people to lead him by the hand.

Simon the Magician Believes

⁹ But there was a man named Simon, ^(A)who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, ^(B)saying that he himself was somebody great. ¹⁰ They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, ^(C)“This man is the power of God that is called ^(D)Great.” ¹¹ And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had ^(E)amazed them with his magic. ¹² But when ^(F)they believed Philip as he preached good news ^(G)about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, ^(H)they were baptized, both men and women. ¹³ Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And ^(I)seeing signs and ^(J)great miracles^[a] performed, ^(K)he was amazed.