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"^(F1)While so engaged, ^(C1)as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, ^(F1)brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me.

"And when we had ^(C1)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the ^(F1)(C2)Hebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? ^(F2)It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

"And I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

'But get up and ^(C1)stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to ^(C2)appoint you as a ^(C3)servant and ^(C4)a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you,

^(C1)rescuing you ^(C2)from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

to ^(C1)open their eyes so that they may turn from ^(C2)darkness to light, and from the ^(F1)power of ^(C3)Satan to God, that they may receive ^(C4)forgiveness of sins and an ^(C5)inheritance among those who have been sanctified by ^(C6)faith in Me.'