²⁸ And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

⁹ The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

²⁸ So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.

⁶ Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

⁷ Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

¹² For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

¹³ And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.

¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

²¹ And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

²² And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

⁸ And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

⁹ Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

⁹ But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

² And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,

³ Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

³⁴ Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

³⁵ But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

¹⁴ But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

¹⁵ And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

²⁷ At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

¹¹ The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

⁵ Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.