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But he did send from Miletus to Ephesus, summoning the elders of the Messianic community.
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When they arrived, he said to them, "You yourselves know how, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia, I was with you the whole time,
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serving the Lord with much humility and with tears, in spite of the tests I had to undergo because of the plots of the unbelieving Jews.
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You know that I held back nothing that could be helpful to you, and that I taught you both in public and from house to house,
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declaring with utmost seriousness the same message to Jews and Greeks alike: turn from sin to God; and put your trust in our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
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"And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Yerushalayim. I don't know what will happen to me there,
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other than that in every city the Ruach HaKodesh keeps warning me that imprisonment and persecution await me.
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But I consider my own life of no importance to me whatsoever, as long as I can finish the course ahead of me, the task I received from the Lord Yeshua - to declare in depth the Good News of God's love and kindness.
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"Now, listen! I know that none of you people among whom I have gone about proclaiming the Kingdom will ever see me again.
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Therefore, I testify on this day that I am innocent of the blood of all.
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For I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the whole plan of God.