None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.