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You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
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Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
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For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity."
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And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."
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Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
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But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road.
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And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Can'dace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship
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and was returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."
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So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
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And he said, "How can I, unless some one guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.