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God didn't give him any part of it, not even a square foot. But God did promise to give it to him and his family forever, even though Abraham didn't have any children.

But he also said, "I will punish the nation that makes them slaves. Then later they will come and worship me in this place."

These men were our ancestors. Joseph was also one of our famous ancestors. His brothers were jealous of him and sold him as a slave to be taken to Egypt. But God was with him

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.

Moses thought the rest of his people would realize that God was going to use him to set them free. But they didn't understand.

But the man who had started the fight pushed Moses aside and asked, "Who made you our ruler and judge?

But our ancestors refused to obey Moses. They rejected him and wanted to go back to Egypt.

The people said to Aaron, "Make some gods to lead us! Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don't know what's happened to him now."

But the Most High God doesn't live in houses made by humans. It is just as the prophet said, when he spoke for the Lord,

Angels gave you God's Law, but you still don't obey it.

But Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit. He looked toward heaven, where he saw our glorious God and Jesus standing at his right side.

But when they believed what Philip was saying about God's kingdom and about the name of Jesus Christ, they were all baptized.

After they had come out of the water, the Lord's Spirit took Philip away. The official never saw him again, but he was very happy as he went on his way.

The men with Saul stood there speechless. They had heard the voice, but they had not seen anyone.

but he found out about it. He learned that they were guarding the gates of the city day and night in order to kill him.

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the followers. But they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe he was a true follower.

But the followers found out about this and took Saul to Caesarea. From there they sent him to the city of Tarsus.

But she got sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.

But Peter said, "Lord, I can't do that! I've never eaten anything that is unclean and not fit to eat."

But Peter took hold of him and said, "Stand up! I am nothing more than a human."