Acts:11:2-18
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem ,
the circumcision party criticized him ,
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saying , "
Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them ?"
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But Peter began and explained to them in order :
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I was in the city of Joppa praying ;
and in a trance I saw a vision ,
something descending ,
like a great sheet ,
let down from heaven by four corners ;
and it came down to me .
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Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air .
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And I heard a voice saying to me , `
Rise ,
Peter ;
kill and eat .'
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But I said , `
No ,
Lord ;
for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth .'
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But the voice answered a second time from heaven , `
What God has cleansed you must not call common .'
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This happened three times ,
and all was drawn up again into heaven .
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At that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were ,
sent to me from Caesare '
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And the Spirit told me to go with them ,
making no distinction .
These six brethren also accompanied me ,
and we entered the man '
s house .
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And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying , `
Send to Joppa and bring Simon called Peter ;
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he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved ,
you and all your household .'
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As I began to speak ,
the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning .
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And I remembered the word of the Lord ,
how he said , `
John baptized with water ,
but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit .'
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If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ ,
who was I that I could withstand God ?"
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When they heard this they were silenced .
And they glorified God ,
saying , "
Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life ."
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