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Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
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One day at three o'clock in the afternoon, Peter and John were on their way into the Temple for prayer meeting.
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One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer--at three in the afternoon.
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Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
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Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o'clock prayer service.
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And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
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At the same time there was a man crippled from birth being carried up. Every day he was set down at the Temple gate, the one named Beautiful, to beg from those going into the Temple.
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Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.
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And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;
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As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
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Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
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When he saw Peter and John about to enter the Temple, he asked for a handout.
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When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
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who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.
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When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money.
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And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
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Peter, with John at his side, looked him straight in the eye and said, "Look here."
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Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!"
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And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "Look at us."
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Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, "Look at us!"
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And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
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He looked up, expecting to get something from them.
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So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
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So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
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The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting a gift.
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Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
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Peter said, "I don't have a nickel to my name, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!"
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Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."
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Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."
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But Peter said, "I don't have any money for you. But I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"
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And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
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He grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up. In an instant his feet and ankles became firm.
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Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong.
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And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
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Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man's feet and anklebones were healed and strengthened.
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And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
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He jumped to his feet and walked. The man went into the Temple with them, walking back and forth, dancing and praising God.
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He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.
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So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God.
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He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking, leaping, and praising God, he went into the Temple with them.
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And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
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Everybody there saw him walking around and praising God.
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When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
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And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
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All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God.
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And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
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They recognized him as the one who sat begging at the Temple's Gate Beautiful and rubbed their eyes, astonished, scarcely believing what they were seeing.
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they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
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Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
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When they realized he was the lame beggar they had seen so often at the Beautiful Gate, they were absolutely astounded!
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And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
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The man threw his arms around Peter and John, ecstatic. All the people ran up to where they were at Solomon's Porch to see it for themselves.
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While the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon's Colonnade.
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Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed.
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They all rushed out to Solomon's Colonnade, where he was holding tightly to Peter and John. Everyone stood there in awe of the wonderful thing that had happened.
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And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
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When Peter saw he had a congregation, he addressed the people: "Oh, Israelites, why does this take you by such complete surprise, and why stare at us as if our power or piety made him walk?
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When Peter saw this, he said to them: "Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
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So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
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Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. "People of Israel," he said, "what is so astounding about this? And why look at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power and godliness?
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The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
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The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his Son Jesus. The very One that Pilate called innocent, you repudiated.
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The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.
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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
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For it is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of all our ancestors who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him.
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But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
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You repudiated the Holy One, the Just One, and asked for a murderer in his place.
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You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
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But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
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You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.
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And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
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You no sooner killed the Author of Life than God raised him from the dead--and we're the witnesses.
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You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
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and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
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You killed the author of life, but God raised him to life. And we are witnesses of this fact!
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And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
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Faith in Jesus' name put this man, whose condition you know so well, on his feet--yes, faith and nothing but faith put this man healed and whole right before your eyes.
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By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.
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And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
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"The name of Jesus has healed this man--and you know how lame he was before. Faith in Jesus' name has caused this healing before your very eyes.
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And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
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"And now, friends, I know you had no idea what you were doing when you killed Jesus, and neither did your leaders.
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"Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
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"Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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"Friends, I realize that what you did to Jesus was done in ignorance; and the same can be said of your leaders.
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But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
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But God, who through the preaching of all the prophets had said all along that his Messiah would be killed, knew exactly what you were doing and used it to fulfill his plans.
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But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer.
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But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
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But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had declared about the Messiah beforehand--that he must suffer all these things.
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Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
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"Now it's time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you,
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Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
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Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
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Now turn from your sins and turn to God, so you can be cleansed of your sins.
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And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
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and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus.
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and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus.
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and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
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Then wonderful times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will send Jesus your Messiah to you again.
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Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
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For the time being he must remain out of sight in heaven until everything is restored to order again just the way God, through the preaching of his holy prophets of old, said it would be.
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He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
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whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
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For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his prophets.
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For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
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Moses, for instance, said, "Your God will raise up for you a prophet just like me from your family. Listen to every word he speaks to you.
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For Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.
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For Moses truly said to the fathers, "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.
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Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.'
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And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
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Every last living soul who refuses to listen to that prophet will be wiped out from the people.'
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Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from among his people.'
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And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
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Then Moses said, 'Anyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be cut off from God's people and utterly destroyed.'
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Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
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"All the prophets from Samuel on down said the same thing, said most emphatically that these days would come.
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"Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have foretold these days.
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Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.
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"Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today.
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Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
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These prophets, along with the covenant God made with your ancestors, are your family tree. God's covenant-word to Abraham provides the text: "By your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.'
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And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.'
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You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'
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You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.'
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Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
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But you are first in line: God, having raised up his Son, sent him to bless you as you turn, one by one, from your evil ways."
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When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."
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To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."
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When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways."
