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And some believed the things that were said: but some believed not.
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And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, Paul speaking this one word: Well did the Holy Ghost speak to our fathers by Isaias the prophet,
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Saying: Go to this people and say to them: With the ear you shall hear and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive.
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For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears have they heard heavily and their eyes they have shut, lest perhaps they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and should be converted: and I should heal them.
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Be it known therefore to you that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles: and they will hear it.
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And when he had said these things, the Jews went out from him, having much reasoning among themselves.
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And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging: and he received all that came in to him,
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Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, without prohibition.