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Acts 2
⁴⁴ And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.
⁴⁵ They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need.
⁴⁶ They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity—
⁴⁷ all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.
Acts 3
¹ Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service.
² As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
³ When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money.
⁴ Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!”
⁵ The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money.
⁶ But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”
⁷ Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.