Mark 16:15-18
15 And he said to them: "Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature. 16 Whoever will have believed and been baptized will be saved. Yet truly, whoever will not have believed will be condemned. 17 Now these signs will accompany those who believe. In my name, they shall cast out demons. They will speak in new languages. 18 They will take up serpents, and, if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them. They shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they will be well." Acts 22:3-16 3 And he said: "I am a Jewish man, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but raised in this city beside the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, just as all of you also are to this day. 4 I persecuted this Way, even unto death, binding and delivering into custody both men and women, 5 just as the high priest and all those greater by birth bear witness to me. Having received letters from them to the brothers, I journeyed to Damascus, so that I might lead them bound from there to Jerusalem, so that they might be punished. 6 But it happened that, as I was traveling and was approaching Damascus at midday, suddenly from heaven a great light shone around me. 7 And falling to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?' 8 And I responded, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.' 9 And those who were with me, indeed, saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of him who was speaking with me. 10 And I said, 'What should I do, Lord?' Then the Lord said to me: 'Rise up, and go to Damascus. And there, you shall be told all that you must do.' 11 And since I could not see, because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by my companions, and I went to Damascus. 12 Then a certain Ananias, a man in accord with the law, having the testimony of all the Jews who were living there, 13 drawing near to me and standing close by, said to me, 'Brother Saul, see!' And in that same hour, I looked upon him. 14 But he said: 'The God of our fathers has preordained you, so that you would come to know his will and would see the Just One, and would hear the voice from his mouth. 15 For you shall be his witness to all men about those things which you have seen and heard. 16 And now, why do you delay? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, by invoking his name.' OR Acts 9:1-22 1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 And as he made the journey, it happened that he was approaching Damascus. And suddenly, a light from heaven shone around him. 4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" 5 And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goad." 6 And he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do you want me to do?" 7 And the Lord said to him, "Rise up and go into the city, and there you will be told what you ought to do." Now the men who were accompanying him were standing stupefied, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul rose up from the ground. And upon opening his eyes, he saw nothing. So leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. 9 And in that place, he was without sight for three days, and he neither ate nor drank. 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" And he said, "Here I am, Lord." 11 And the Lord said to him: "Rise up and go into the street that is called Straight, and seek, in the house of Judas, the one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying." 12 (And Paul saw a man named Ananias entering and imposing hands upon him, so that he might receive his sight.) 13 But Ananias responded: "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem. 14 And he has authority here from the leaders of the priests to bind all who invoke your name." 15 Then the Lord said to him: "Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel. 16 For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name." 17 And Ananias departed. And he entered the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, he who appeared to you on the way by which you arrived, sent me so that you would receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 18 And immediately, it was as if scales had fallen from his eyes, and he received his sight. And rising up, he was baptized. 19 And when he had taken a meal, he was strengthened. Now he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days. 20 And he was continuously preaching Jesus in the synagogues: that he is the Son of God. 21 And all who heard him were astonished, and they said, "Is this not the one who, in Jerusalem, was fighting against those invoking this name, and who came here for this: so that he might lead them away to the leaders of the priests?" 22 But Saul was increasing to a greater extent in ability, and so he was confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus, by affirming that he is the Christ. Comments are closed.
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