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And when I had fastened my eyes on it, I considered it and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things and fowls of the air.
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And I heard a voice saying unto me, `Arise, Peter; slay and eat.'
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But I said, `Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.'
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But the voice answered me again from heaven, `What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.'
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And this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
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And behold, immediately three men had already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
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And the Spirit bade me go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house.
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And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said unto him, `Send men to Joppa and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter,
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who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all of thy house shall be saved.'
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And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
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Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said, `John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.'