⁵“I was in the city of Joppa praying,” he said. “There I had a vision. I saw something that looked like a large sheet. It was being let down from heaven by its four corners. It came down to where I was. ⁶I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth. There were also wild animals, reptiles and birds. ⁷Then I heard a voice speaking to me. ‘Get up, Peter,’ the voice said. ‘Kill and eat.’

⁸“I replied, ‘No, Lord! I will not! Nothing that is not pure and “clean” has ever entered my mouth.’

⁹“A second time the voice spoke from heaven. ‘Do not say anything is not pure that God has made “clean,” ’ the voice said. ¹⁰This happened three times. Then the sheet was pulled up into heaven.

¹¹“Just then three men stopped at the house where I was staying. They had been sent to me from Caesarea. ¹²The Holy Spirit told me not to let anything keep me from going with them. These six brothers here went with me. We entered the man’s house. ¹³He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house. The angel said, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon Peter. ¹⁴He has a message to bring to you. You and your whole family will be saved through it.’

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