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We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.
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For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
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that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell."
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So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
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And when they read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation.
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And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words and strengthened them.
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And after they had spent some time, they were sent off in peace by the brethren to those who had sent them.
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But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
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And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."
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And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.