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if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man, as to how this man has been saved from his sickness,

The kings of the earth took their stand,And the rulers were gathered togetherAgainst the Lord and against His Christ.'

And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and not one was saying that any of his possessions was his own, but, for them, everything was common.

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife's full knowledge. And bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles' feet.

And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard.

Now there was an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.

This One God exalted to His right hand as a Leader and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

So they followed his advice. And after calling the apostles in and beating them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.

And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face like the face of an angel.

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.

But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and He promised that He would give it to him as a possession, and to his seed after him, even when he had no child.

But God spoke in this way, that his seed would be sojourners in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household.

And on the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was disclosed to Pharaoh.

Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

It was at this time that Moses was born, and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home.

But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.