Acts 11:1–9
1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.↗
2When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,↗
3saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”↗
4But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,↗
5“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.↗
6When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.↗
7I also heard a voice saying to me,‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’↗
8But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’↗
9But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven,‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’↗
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