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32 "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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32 "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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33 I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing.
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33 I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing.
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34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.
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34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.
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35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
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35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
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36 When he had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
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36 When he had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
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37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.
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37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.
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38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
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38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
