<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River<n id="2" /> and was led by the Spirit<n id="3" /> in<n id="4" /> the wilderness,<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs<n id="1" /> among the people.

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people<n id="1" /> were brought to the Lord.

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the Word became flesh<n id="2" /> and took up residence<n id="3" /> among us. We<n id="4" /> saw his glory &#8211; the glory of the one and only,<n id="5" /> full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

But Stephen,<n id="1" /> full<n id="2" /> of the Holy Spirit, looked intently<n id="3" /> toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing<n id="4" /> at the right hand of God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now in Joppa<n id="1" /> there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means<n id="2" /> Dorcas).<n id="3" /> She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.<n id="4" />

and said, &#8220;You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing,<n id="1" /> you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness &#8211; will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">While<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> was in one of the towns,<n id="3" /> a man came<n id="4" /> to him who was covered with<n id="5" /> leprosy.<n id="6" /> When<n id="7" /> he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground<n id="8" /> and begged him,<n id="9" /> &#8220;Lord, if<n id="10" /> you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;