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Samuel Anoints Saul
As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God.”
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But the word of God came to Shemai′ah the man of God:
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Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God.
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thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do.”
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in the high-priesthood of Annas and Ca′iaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechari′ah in the wilderness;
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Jesus Calls the First Disciples
While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennes′aret.
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Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
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But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),
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And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
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And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.
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And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samar′ia had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,
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Peter’s Report to the Church at Jerusalem
Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
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But the word of God grew and multiplied.
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When they arrived at Sal′amis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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The next sabbath almost the whole city gathered together to hear the word of God.
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And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
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And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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But when the Jews of Thessaloni′ca learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroe′a also, they came there too, stirring up and inciting the crowds.
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And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
