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Acts 2:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

On the day of Pentecost all the Lord's followers were together in one place.

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God also made everyone in Judah eager to do what Hezekiah and his officials had commanded.

It is truly wonderful when relatives live together in peace.

Celebrate the Harvest Festival each spring when you start harvesting your wheat, and celebrate the Festival of Shelters each autumn when you pick your fruit.

Celebrate the Harvest Festival each spring when you start harvesting your wheat, and celebrate the Festival of Shelters each autumn when you pick your fruit.

I will make their thoughts and desires pure. Then they will realize that, for their own good and the good of their children, they must worship only me. They will even be afraid to turn away from me. I will make an agreement with them that will never end, and I won't ever stop doing good things for them. With all my heart I promise that they will be planted in this land once again.

I will purify each language and make those languages acceptable for praising me. Then, with hearts united, everyone will serve only me, the LORD.

John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world.”

Day after day they met together in the temple. They broke bread together in different homes and shared their food happily and freely,

Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend too much time in Asia. He was in a hurry and wanted to be in Jerusalem in time for Pentecost.

When the rest of the Lord's followers heard this, they prayed together and said: Master, you created heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

After they had prayed, the meeting place shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and bravely spoke God's message.

The group of followers all felt the same way about everything. None of them claimed that their possessions were their own, and they shared everything they had with each other.

The apostles performed many miracles and wonders among the people. All the Lord's followers often met in the part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch.

Then all of you together will praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

Above all else, you must live in a way that brings honour to the good news about Christ. Then, whether I visit you or not, I will hear that all of you think alike. I will know that you are working together and that you are struggling side by side to get others to believe the good news.

Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person.




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