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Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,
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saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"
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But Peter began and explained to them in order:
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.
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Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
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And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'
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But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
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But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.'
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This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.