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Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.

For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."

Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."

In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth."

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

I will show him how much he must suffer for my name."

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

He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive.

Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.

While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, three men are looking for you.

So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them."

Peter went down and said to the men, "I'm the one you're looking for. Why have you come?"

He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.

So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?"

Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.'

So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us."

For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.