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But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
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Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands; as the prophet says,
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"Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
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Did not my hand make all these things?'
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"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.
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Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.
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You are the ones that received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it."
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When they heard these things, they became enraged and ground their teeth at Stephen.
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But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
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"Look," he said, "I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
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But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him.