Ordination of Paul and Barnabas
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shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily
I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah
in the day of Judgment, than for that city.” The apostles were not
discouraged by this expulsion; they remembered the words of their
Master: “Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute
you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in Heaven;
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
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