Acts 5:6-16

6 The younger men went right to work and wrapped him up, then carried him out and buried him.
7 Not more than three hours later, his wife, knowing nothing of what had happened, came in.
8 Peter said, "Tell me, were you given this price for your field?" "Yes," she said, "that price."
9 Peter responded, "What's going on here that you connived to conspire against the Spirit of the Master? The men who buried your husband are at the door, and you're next."
10 No sooner were the words out of his mouth than she also fell down, dead. When the young men returned they found her body. They carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11 By this time the whole church and, in fact, everyone who heard of these things had a healthy respect for God. They knew God was not to be trifled with.
12 Through the work of the apostles, many God-signs were set up among the people, many wonderful things done. They all met regularly and in remarkable harmony on the Temple porch named after Solomon.
13 But even though people admired them a lot, outsiders were wary about joining them.
14 On the other hand, those who put their trust in the Master were added right and left, men and women both.
15 They even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on stretchers and bedrolls, hoping they would be touched by Peter's shadow when he walked by.
16 They came from the villages surrounding Jerusalem, throngs of them, bringing the sick and bedeviled. And they all were healed. To Obey God Rather than Men
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