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Peter said to them, "Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.

Many of them believed his message and were baptized, and about three thousand people were added to the group that day.

But when they believed Philip's message about the good news of the Kingdom of God and about Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Simon himself also believed; and after being baptized, he stayed close to Philip and was astounded when he saw the great wonders and miracles that were being performed.

For the Holy Spirit had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

As they traveled down the road, they came to a place where there was some water, and the official said, "Here is some water. What is to keep me from being baptized?"

The official ordered the carriage to stop, and both Philip and the official went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

At once something like fish scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he was able to see again. He stood up and was baptized;

You know of the great event that took place throughout the land of Israel, beginning in Galilee after John preached his message of baptism.

"These people have received the Holy Spirit, just as we also did. Can anyone, then, stop them from being baptized with water?"

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

Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Before Jesus began his work, John preached to all the people of Israel that they should turn from their sins and be baptized.

After she and the people of her house had been baptized, she invited us, "Come and stay in my house if you have decided that I am a true believer in the Lord." And she persuaded us to go.

At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once.

Crispus, who was the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his family; and many other people in Corinth heard the message, believed, and were baptized.

He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he proclaimed and taught correctly the facts about Jesus. However, he knew only the baptism of John.

"Well, then, what kind of baptism did you receive?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they answered.

Paul said, "The baptism of John was for those who turned from their sins; and he told the people of Israel to believe in the one who was coming after him—that is, in Jesus."

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.