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When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets began to tear.
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Teaching and Healing
After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.
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Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve.
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Within these lay a large number of the disabled—blind, lame, and paralyzed.
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Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand.
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“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.
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Matthias Chosen
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters—the number of people who were together was about a hundred twenty—and said,
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For he was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
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But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
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Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers—multitudes of both men and women.
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Seven Chosen to Serve
In those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.
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So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
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The Church’s Growth
So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
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The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
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for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.
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and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
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Growth and Persecution in Iconium
In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
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So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
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Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.
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Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.
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You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods.
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Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.
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But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, Though the number of Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved;
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Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands.
