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And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

And he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hands on him, so that he may be able to see.

And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.