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And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him."

Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."

And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you will find the fish." So they cast it, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great quantity of fish.

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" Peter was hurt because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Tend My sheep.

And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together and they were bewildered, because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.

"For David says of Him, 'I SAW THE LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME, BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.

"So because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;

Now at this time, as the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint developed on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

And they were paying attention to him because for a long time he had astounded them with his magic arts.

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire the gift of God with money!

There he found a man named Aeneas who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.

All the Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out on the Gentiles.

So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one mind they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king's chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was supported with grain from the king's country.

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

Paul wanted this man to leave with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.