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After they finished speaking ,
James replied , "
Brethren ,
listen to me .
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Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles ,
to take out of them a people for his name .
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And with this the words of the prophets agree ,
as it is written ,
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After this I will return ,
and I will rebuild the dwelling of David ,
which has fallen ;
I will rebuild its ruins ,
and I will set it up ,
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that the rest of men may seek the Lord ,
and all the Gentiles who are called by my name ,
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says the Lord ,
who has made these things known from of old .'
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Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God ,
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but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood .
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For from early generations Moses has had in every city those who preach him ,
for he is read every sabbath in the synagogues ."