Acts 2:37–47

The Ingathering

³⁷Now when they heard this, they were ¹pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “²Brethren, ^3awhat shall we do?”

³⁸Peter said to them, “^aRepent, and each of you be ^bbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³⁹“For ^athe promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^bfar off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

⁴⁰And with many other words he solemnly ^atestified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “¹Be saved from this ^bperverse generation!”

⁴¹So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^1asouls.

⁴²They were ^acontinually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to ^bthe breaking of bread and ¹to prayer.

⁴³¹Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many ^awonders and ²signs were taking place through the apostles.

⁴⁴And all those who had believed ¹were together and ^ahad all things in common;

⁴⁵and they ^abegan selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

^46aDay by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and ^bbreaking bread ¹from house to house, they were taking their ²meals together with gladness and ³sincerity of heart,

⁴⁷praising God and ^ahaving favor with all the people. And the Lord ^bwas adding ¹to their number day by day ^cthose who were being saved.