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Acts · read by James Jennings
85 verses, in order. Only the verses James read aloud are shown.
Acts 1
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With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.Read from ESV · How Many Brothers and Sisters Do You Have？
Acts 2
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He was delivered up by God's set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.Read from ESV · Job How to Come Out of Thick Darkness
Acts 4
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After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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and lay them at the apostles' feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
Acts 5
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Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.Read from ESV · I Am Among You As The One Who Serves
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About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
Acts 8
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Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.Read from ESV · Do You Have Beautiful Feet
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The Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to that chariot and stay by it."Read from ESV · Do You Have Beautiful Feet
Acts 9
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but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.Read from ESV · Boasting in Weakness
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One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.Read from ESV · Boasting in Weakness
Acts 11
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He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
Acts 12
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He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.Read from ESV · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
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He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.Read from NASB1995 · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
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But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.Read from ESV · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
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On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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And they began to shout, "This is the voice of a god, not a man!"Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
Acts 13
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But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at ElymasRead from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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and said, "O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun." Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.Read from ESV · Lying To The Spirit and Dying
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But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
Acts 14
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At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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where they continued to preach the gospel.Read from ESV · Is Your Mind Poisoned by Slanderous Lies
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When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: "The gods have come down to us in human form!"Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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"Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
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Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory
Acts 16
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About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.Read from ESV · Gives Thanks in All Circumstances
Acts 18
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And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.Read from ESV · Elders As Watchmen
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One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.Read from ESV · Elders As Watchmen
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For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city."Read from ESV · Elders As Watchmen
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Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.Read from ESV · Remaining Biblically Balanced
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He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.Read from ESV · Remaining Biblically Balanced
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And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.Read from ESV · Remaining Biblically Balanced
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When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.Read from ESV · Remaining Biblically Balanced
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For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.Read from ESV · Remaining Biblically Balanced
Acts 19
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Paul explained: "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus."Read from ESV · Remaining Biblically Balanced
Acts 20
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From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.Read from ESV · Elders As Watchmen
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When they came to him, he said, "You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.Read from ESV · Pastoral Visitations
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I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.Read from ESV · Pastoral Visitations
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I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,Read from ESV · Pastoral Visitations
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Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.Read from ESV · Elders As Watchmen
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For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.Read from ESV · A Call to Rescue the Wanderer
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Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.Read from ESV · Elders As Watchmen
Acts 21
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After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.Read from ESV · Live for God's Interests and Avoid Tripping Your Brother
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Coming over to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, "The Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.'"Read from ESV · Live for God's Interests and Avoid Tripping Your Brother
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When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.Read from ESV · Live for God's Interests and Avoid Tripping Your Brother
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Then Paul answered, "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."Read from ESV · Live for God's Interests and Avoid Tripping Your Brother
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When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, "The Lord's will be done."Read from ESV · Live for God's Interests and Avoid Tripping Your Brother
Acts 26
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For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.Read from ESV · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
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For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.Read from ESV · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do."Read from ESV · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
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Then Agrippa said to Paul, "Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?"Read from ESV · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
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"Short time or long," Paul replied, "I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains."Read from ESV · Are You Out Of Your Mind？
Acts 28
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The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.Read from ESV · Are You Giving God the Glory