Acts 10:28-39
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28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
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30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
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31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
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32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
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33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
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34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
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35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
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36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
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37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
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38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
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39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: