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When the day of Pentecost came, all the believers were gathered together in one place.
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Suddenly there was a noise from the sky which sounded like a strong wind blowing, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
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Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire which spread out and touched each person there.
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They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.
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There were Jews living in Jerusalem, religious people who had come from every country in the world.
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When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered. They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.
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In amazement and wonder they exclaimed, "These people who are talking like this are Galileans!
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How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?
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We are from Parthia, Media, and Elam; from Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia; from Pontus and Asia,
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from Phrygia and Pamphylia, from Egypt and the regions of Libya near Cyrene. Some of us are from Rome,