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Acts 24:17

New Living Translation

“After several years away, I returned to Jerusalem with money to aid my people and to offer sacrifices to God.

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Paul had decided to sail on past Ephesus, for he didn’t want to spend any more time in the province of Asia. He was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if possible, in time for the Festival of Pentecost.

Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you—my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you.

So Paul went to the Temple the next day with the other men. They had already started the purification ritual, so he publicly announced the date when their vows would end and sacrifices would be offered for each of them.

He also hoped that Paul would bribe him, so he sent for him quite often and talked with him.

Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God. Pray also that the believers there will be willing to accept the donation I am taking to Jerusalem.

So we have urged Titus, who encouraged your giving in the first place, to return to you and encourage you to finish this ministry of giving.

You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.

So two good things will result from this ministry of giving—the needs of the believers in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanks to God.

Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.




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