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Acts 11:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Acts 11:1 NIV

The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Acts 11:2 NIV

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him

Acts 11:3 NIV

and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

Acts 11:4 NIV

Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story

Acts 11:5 NIV

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

Acts 11:6 NIV

I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

Acts 11:7 NIV

Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

Acts 11:8 NIV

“I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Acts 11:9 NIV

“The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

Acts 11:10 NIV

This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.

Acts 11:12 NIV

The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house.

Acts 11:13 NIV

He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

Acts 11:14 NIV

He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.’

Acts 11:15 NIV

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.

Acts 11:16 NIV

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

Acts 11:17 NIV

So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”

Acts 11:18 NIV

When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

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