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When ^(a)the day of Pentecost ^[a]had come, they were all together in one place.

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled ^(b)the whole house where they were sitting.

And there appeared to them tongues as of fire ^[b]distributing themselves, and ^[c]they ^[d]rested on each one of them.

And they were all ^(c)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(d)speak with other ^[e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ^[f]utterance.

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, ^(e)devout men from every nation under heaven.

And when ^(f)this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[g]language.

^(g)They were amazed and astonished, saying, "^[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(h)Galileans?

And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[i]language ^[j]to which we were born?

Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ⁽ⁱ⁾Cappadocia, ^(j)Pontus and ^[k](k)Asia,

^(l)Phrygia and ^(m)Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ⁽ⁿ⁾Cyrene, and ^[l](o)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[m](p)proselytes,

Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God."

And ^(q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

But others were mocking and saying, "^(r)They are full of ^[n]sweet wine."