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"Therefore, I testify to you thisday that 1I aminnocent of the blood of allmen.
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"For I 2did not shrink from declaring to you the whole3purpose of God.
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"Be on guard for yourselves and for all4the flock, amongwhich the HolySpirit has made you overseers, to shepherd5the church of Godwhich6He purchased with His ownblood.
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"I know that after my departure7savagewolves will come in among you, not sparing8the flock;
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and from among your own selvesmen will arise, speakingperversethings, to drawaway9the disciplesafter them.
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"Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of 10threeyears I did not cease to admonisheachone11with tears.
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"And now I 12commend you to God and to 13the word of His grace, which is able to 14build you up and to give you 15the inheritanceamongallthose who are sanctified.
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"You yourselvesknow that 17thesehandsministered to my own needs and to the 18men who were with me.
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"In everything I showed you that by workinghard in thismanner you musthelp the weak and remember the words of the LordJesus, that He Himselfsaid, 'It is moreblessed to givethan to receive.'"
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When he had saidthesethings, he 19knelt*down* and prayed with them all.