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  • Acts 13
    Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
    As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
    And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
    So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
    And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
    And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
    Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
    But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
    Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
    And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
    And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
    Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
    Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
    But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
    And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
    Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
    The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
    And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
    And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
    And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
    And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
    And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
    Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
    When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
    And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
    Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
    For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
    And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
    And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
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    9 min
  • Deuteronomy 21
    If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
    Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
    And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
    And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
    And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
    And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
    And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
    Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
    So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
    When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
    And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
    Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
    And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
    And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
    If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
    Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
    But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
    If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
    Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
    And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
    And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
    And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
    His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
    5 min
  • Song 1
    The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
    Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
    Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
    I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
    Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
    Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
    If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
    I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
    Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
    We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
    While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
    A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
    My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
    Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
    Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
    The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
    3 min
  • Acts 11,12
    And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
    And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
    Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
    But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
    I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
    Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
    And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
    But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
    But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
    And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
    And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
    And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
    And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
    Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
    And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
    Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
    Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
    When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
    Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
    And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.
    And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
    Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
    Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
    For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
    Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
    And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
    And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
    And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
    Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
    Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
    Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
    And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
    And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
    And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; inte
    9 min
  • Deuteronomy 20
    When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
    And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
    And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
    For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
    And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
    And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
    And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
    And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
    And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
    When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
    And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
    And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
    And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
    But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
    Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
    But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
    But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
    That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
    When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
    Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
    4 min
  • Ecclesiastes 12
    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
    While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
    In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
    And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
    Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
    Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
    Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
    And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
    The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
    The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
    And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
    Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
    For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
    3 min
  • Acts 10
    There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
    A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
    He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
    And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
    And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
    He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
    And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
    And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
    On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
    And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
    And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
    Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
    And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
    But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
    And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
    This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
    Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
    And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
    While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
    Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
    Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
    And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
    Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
    And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
    And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
    But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
    And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
    And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
    Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
    And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
    And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
    Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
    Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that tho
    8 min
  • Ecclesiastes 11
    Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
    Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
    If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
    He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
    As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
    In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
    Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
    But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
    Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
    2 min
  • Deuteronomy 19
    When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
    Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
    Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
    And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
    As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
    Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
    Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
    And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
    If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
    That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
    But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
    Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
    Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
    Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
    One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
    If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
    Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
    And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
    Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
    And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
    And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
    4 min
  • Acts 9
    And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
    And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
    And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
    And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
    And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
    And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
    And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
    And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
    And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
    And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
    And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
    And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
    Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
    And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
    But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
    For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
    And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
    And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
    And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
    And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
    But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
    But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
    And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
    But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
    Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
    And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
    But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
    And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
    And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
    Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
    Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
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