Acts 8:23-36
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23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
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24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
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25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
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26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
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27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
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28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
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29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
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30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
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31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
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32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
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33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
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34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
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35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
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36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?