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And there sat a certainmanatLystra,impotent in his feet,being a cripplefromhismother'swomb,whonever had walked:
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The sameheardPaulspeak: who stedfastly beholdinghim,andperceivingthat he hadfaith to be healed,
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Said with a loudvoice,Standuprightonthyfeet.And he leapedandwalked.
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And when the peoplesawwhatPaul had done, they lifted uptheirvoices,saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come downtous in the likeness of men.
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And they calledBarnabas*, Jupiter;andPaul,Mercurius,becausehewas the chiefspeaker.
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Then the priest of Jupiter,whichwasbeforetheircity,broughtoxenandgarlandsunto the gates, and would have done sacrificewith the people.
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Which when the apostles,BarnabasandPaul,heard of, they renttheirclothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
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Andsaying, Sirs,why do ye these things?Wealsoaremen of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turnfromthesevanitiesunto the livingGod,whichmadeheaven,andearth,and the sea,and all things that are therein*:
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Whointimespastsufferedallnations to walk in their ownways.
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Neverthelessheleftnothimself without witness, in that he did good, and gaveusrain from heaven,andfruitfulseasons,fillingourhearts with foodandgladness.