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45 But the Jews seeing the multitude, were filled with envy, and opposed the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas speaking with undaunted boldness, said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken unto you: but since ye have thrust it from you, and judged yourselves not worthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so hath the Lord enjoined us, ?I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou mightest be for salvation unto the extremity of the earth.? 48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord: and they believed, even as many as were ordained to life eternal. 49 So the word of the Lord was diffused through the whole region. 50 Then the Jews stirred up the devout women, and those who were respectable, and the principal persons of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders. Acts 13:45-50, Haweis New Testament. Public domain.
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