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And now ,
behold ,
I know that all you among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom will see my face no more .
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Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you ,
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for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God .
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Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock ,
in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers ,
to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son .
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I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you ,
not sparing the flock ;
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and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things ,
to draw away the disciples after them .
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Therefore be alert ,
remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears .
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And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace ,
which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified .
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I coveted no one '
s silver or gold or apparel .
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You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities ,
and to those who were with me .
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In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak ,
remembering the words of the Lord Jesus ,
how he said , `
It is more blessed to give than to receive .'"
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And when he had spoken thus ,
he knelt down and prayed with them all .
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And they all wept and embraced Paul and kissed him ,
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sorrowing most of all because of the word he had spoken ,
that they should see his face no more .
And they brought him to the ship .