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32 And what more shall I say? For the time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah, also of David, and Samuel, and of the Prophets;

33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained the promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, made the weak strong, became valiant in battle, turned the armies of the aliens to flight.

35 The women received their dead raised to life again. Also, others were tortured and refused deliverance so that they might receive a better resurrection.

36 And others have been tried by mockings and scourgings, and moreover by bonds and imprisonment.

37 They were stoned. They were sawn in two. They were tempted. They were killed with the sword. They wandered up and down in sheep’s skins, and in goats’ skins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

38 Those of whom the world was not worthy wandered in wildernesses and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.

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