And the Word of God grew, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Then those who gladly received his word were immersed; and that day about three thousand souls were added.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

However, many of those who heard the Word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

And more believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

saying, Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man's blood upon us.

There shall be an abundance of grain in the earth on the top of the mountains; its fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power; in the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, You have the dew of Your youth.

He shall cause those who come from Jacob to take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

And out of them shall come forth thanksgiving, and the voice of those who make merry. And I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

nor murmur, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Let brotherly love continue.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The Spirit who dwells in us yearns to envy?

Do not grumble against one another, brethren, that you not be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands at the door.

And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed with the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him.

But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; according to the Law, a Pharisee;

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Then he gave her his hand and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow; and Jehovah your God shall bless you in all the work of your hands.

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.

When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year; the year of tithing; and have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled,

The blessing of the dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

If I have withheld from the poor their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Learn to do good, seek justice, set straight the oppressor, judge for the orphan, plead for the widow.

In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the sojourner; in you they have mistreated the orphan and the widow.

And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against those swearing to a lie; and against those who defraud the hired laborer of his pay, and turn away the widow, and the fatherless, and the alien; and who do not fear Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive more abundant condemnation.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God.

Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

Do not let a widow under sixty years old be taken into the number, and not unless she has been the wife of one man,

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

and sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to each person, as anyone had need.

and placed them at the apostles' feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.