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And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
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And desired from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he should find any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined around him a light from heaven:
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And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. [It is] hard for thee to kick against the goads.
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And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord [said] to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
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And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.