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We have sentthereforeJudasandSilas,whoshallalsotell you the same thingsbymouth.
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For it seemed good to the HolyGhost,and to us, to lay uponyounogreaterburdenthanthese necessary things;
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That ye abstain from meats offered to idols,and from blood,and from things strangled,and from fornication:fromwhich if ye keepyourselves, ye shall dowell. Fare ye well .
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Sowhen they were dismissed , they cametoAntioch:and when they had gathered the multitudetogether , they delivered the epistle:
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Which when they had read , they rejoicedfor the consolation.
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And JudasandSilas,beingprophetsalsothemselves,exhorted the brethrenwithmanywords,andconfirmed them.
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And after they had tarried there a space, they were let goinpeacefrom the brethrenunto the apostles.
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Notwithstanding it pleasedSilas to abidetherestill .
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PaulalsoandBarnabascontinuedinAntioch,teachingandpreaching the word of the Lord,withmanyothersalso.
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AndsomedaysafterPaulsaiduntoBarnabas*, Let us go again and visitourbrethrenineverycitywherewe have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do .
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AndBarnabasdetermined to take with themJohn, whose surname wasMark.