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Acts 10:9-16
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The next day, as they were on their journey and coming near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.
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And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
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and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth.
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In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
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And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."
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But Peter said, "No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
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And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call common."
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This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.