Acts 6:1–7

And in those days, ^awhen the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the ^bGrecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected ^cin the daily ministration. ²Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, ^dIt is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve ^etables. ³Wherefore, brethren, ^flook ye out among you seven men ^gof honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ⁴But we will ^hgive ourselves continually to prayer, and to ⁱthe ministry of the word. ⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, ^ka man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and ^lPhilip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and ^mNicolas a ⁿproselyte of ^oAntioch: ⁶whom they set before the apostles: and when they had ^pprayed, they ^qlaid their hands on them. ⁷And ^rthe word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and ^sa great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.