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And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.
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Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
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But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
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And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
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These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.