But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

I replied, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

So I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’

when he said, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.