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And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.
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And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.
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The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,
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and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.
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And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
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And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hundred and fifty years.
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And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.
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And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.
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Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;
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John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not [he]. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.