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Acts 11:17

Acts 11:17 (MSG)
So I ask you: If God gave the same exact gift to them as to us when we believed in the Master Jesus Christ, how could I object to God?"

Acts 11:1

Acts 11:1 (MSG)
The news traveled fast and in no time the leaders and friends back in Jerusalem heard about it—heard that the non-Jewish "outsiders" were now "in." When Peter got back to Jerusalem, some of his old associates, concerned about circumcision, called him on the carpet: "What do you think you're doing rubbing shoulders with that crowd, eating what is prohibited and ruining our good name?"

Acts 6:6

Acts 6:6 (MSG)
Then they presented them to the apostles. Praying, the apostles laid on hands and commissioned them for their task.

Acts 5:29

Acts 5:29 (MSG)
Peter and the apostles answered, "It's necessary to obey God rather than men. The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, the One you killed by hanging him on a cross. God set him on high at his side, Prince and Savior, to give Israel the gift of a changed life and sins forgiven. And we are witnesses to these things. The Holy Spirit, whom God gives to those who obey him, corroborates every detail."

Acts 5:30

Acts 5:30 (MSG)
The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, the One you killed by hanging him on a cross.

Acts 5:31

Acts 5:31 (MSG)
God set him on high at his side, Prince and Savior, to give Israel the gift of a changed life and sins forgiven.

Acts 5:32

Acts 5:32 (MSG)
And we are witnesses to these things. The Holy Spirit, whom God gives to those who obey him, corroborates every detail."

Acts 5:29

Acts 5:29 (MSG)
Peter and the apostles answered, "It's necessary to obey God rather than men. The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, the One you killed by hanging him on a cross. God set him on high at his side, Prince and Savior, to give Israel the gift of a changed life and sins forgiven. And we are witnesses to these things. The Holy Spirit, whom God gives to those who obey him, corroborates every detail."

Acts 5:13

Acts 5:13 (MSG)
But even though people admired them a lot, outsiders were wary about joining them.

Acts 4:12

Acts 4:12 (MSG)
Salvation comes no other way; no other name has been or will be given to us by which we can be saved, only this one."

Acts 3:6

Acts 3:6 (MSG)
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!" He grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up. In an instant his feet and ankles became firm. He jumped to his feet and walked.

Acts 2:42

Acts 2:42 (MSG)
They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers.

Acts 2:24

Acts 2:24 (MSG)
But God untied the death ropes and raised him up. Death was no match for him.

Acts 1:8

Acts 1:8 (MSG)
What you'll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world."

Luke 24:32

Luke 24:32 (MSG)
Back and forth they talked. "Didn't we feel on fire as he conversed with us on the road, as he opened up the Scriptures for us?"

Luke 23:46

Luke 23:46 (MSG)
Jesus called loudly, "Father, I place my life in your hands!" Then he breathed his last.

Luke 18:26

Luke 18:26 (MSG)
"Then who has any chance at all?" the others asked.

Luke 18:27

Luke 18:27 (MSG)
"No chance at all," Jesus said, "if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."

Luke 17:33

Luke 17:33 (MSG)
If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms.

Luke 15:7

Luke 15:7 (MSG)
Count on it-there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue.

Luke 15:10

Luke 15:10 (MSG)
Count on it-that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God."

Luke 15:32

Luke 15:32 (MSG)
but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he's alive! He was lost, and he's found!'"

Luke 16:15

Luke 16:15 (MSG)
So Jesus spoke to them: "You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what's behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous.

Luke 15:7

Luke 15:7 (MSG)
Count on it-there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue.

Luke 15:10

Luke 15:10 (MSG)
Count on it-that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God."