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Acts 13:35-52

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35And, therefore, in another Psalm it is said — ‘You will not give up the Holy One to undergo corruption.’
36David, after obediently doing God's will in his own time, fell asleep and was laid by the side of his ancestors, and did undergo corruption;
37but Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, did not undergo corruption.
38I would, therefore, like you to know, friends, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,
39and that, in union with him, everyone who believes in him is absolved from every sin from which under the Law of Moses you could not be absolved.
40Beware, therefore, that what is said in the prophets does not come true of you —
41‘Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days — a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe’.”
42As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people begged for a repetition of this teaching on the next Sabbath.
43After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely on the loving kindness of God.
44On the following Sabbath, almost all the city gathered to hear God's message.
45But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul's statements in violent language.
46Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said: “It was necessary that the message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the eternal life — we turn to the Gentiles!
47For this is the Lord's command to us — ‘I have destined you for a light to the Gentiles, a means of salvation to the ends of the earth’.”
48On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God's message; and all those who had been enrolled for eternal life became believers in Christ;
49and the Lord's message was carried throughout that district.
50But the Jews incited the women of high social standing who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
51They, however, shook the dust off their feet in protest,
52and went to Iconium, leaving the disciples full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

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