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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
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As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Entering into every house and haling men and women, he committed them to prison.
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Therefore those who were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the Word.
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Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
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And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
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For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed with them; and many taken with palsies and who were lame, were healed.
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And there was great joy in that city.
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But there was a certain man called Simon, who earlier in the same city had used sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,
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to whom they all gave heed from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is great with the power of God."
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And for him they had regard, because for a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
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But when they believed Philip's preaching of the things concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.