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46 But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said: It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to tho Gentiles. 47 For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth. 48 When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were determined to obtain eternal life, believed. 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout the whole of that region. 50 But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders. 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and went to Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:46-52, Anderson New Testament. Public domain.
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