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Acts 11:1-6 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. The apostles and the other believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

2. When Peter went to Jerusalem, those who were in favour of circumcising Gentiles criticized him, saying,

3. “You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them!”

4. So Peter gave them a complete account of what had happened from the very beginning:

5. “While I was praying in the city of Joppa, I had a vision. I saw something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it stopped next to me.

6. I looked closely inside and saw domesticated and wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

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