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And he said unto them, "Ye know that it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to keep company with or to come unto one of another nation. But God hath shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying as soon as I was sent for. I ask therefore, with what intent ye have sent for me?"
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And Cornelius said, "Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
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and said, `Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms have been remembered in the sight of God.
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Send therefore to Joppa and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter. He is lodged in the house of one Simon, a tanner, by the seaside. He, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.'
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Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well, that thou hast come. Now therefore are we all here present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee from God."
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Then Peter opened his mouth and said, "In truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
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but in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted by Him.
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The Word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all) --
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that Word, I say, ye know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:
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how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.