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And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;
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And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:
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And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?
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And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,
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Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.
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Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.
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So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.
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Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
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But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
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The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
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That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,