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 \v 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near to Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey.
 \v 13 When they arrived, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were staying. They were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
-\v 14 They were all united as one, as they diligently continued in prayer. Included were the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
+\v 14 They all were devoted with one purpose to prayer, together with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
 
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 \v 40 With many other words he testified and urged them; he said, "Be saved from this wicked generation."
 \v 41 Then they received his word and were baptized, and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.
-\v 42 They continued in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers.
+\v 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers.
 
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 \v 45 and they sold their property and possessions and distributed them to all, according to the needs anyone had.
 
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-\v 46 So day after day they continued with one purpose in the temple, and they broke bread in homes, and they shared food with glad and humble hearts,
+\v 46 So day after day they devoted themselves with one purpose in the temple, also they broke bread in homes, and they shared food with glad and humble hearts,
 \v 47 praising God and having favor with all the people, and every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
 
 
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 \v 23 After they were set free, Peter and John came to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
-\v 24 When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, "Lord, you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them.
+\v 24 When they heard it, they raised their voices with one purpose to God and said, "Lord, you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them.
 \v 25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David, 
 \q 'Why did the Gentile nations rage,
 \q and the peoples imagine useless things?'
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 \v 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
 
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-\v 6 When multitudes of people heard and saw the signs that Philip did, they paid attention together to what he said.
+\v 6 Crowds of people were giving close attention to what was being said by Philip; with one mind they heard him, and they saw the signs he did.
 \v 7 Unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying out with a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
 \v 8 So there was much joy in that city.
 
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 \v 29 So the disciples, as each one was able, decided to send help to the brothers in Judea.
 \v 30 They did this; they sent money to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
 
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-\v 20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They went to him together. They persuaded Blastus, the king's assistant, to help them. Then they asked for peace, because their country received its food from the king's country.
+\v 20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They went to him with one purpose, and after persuading Blastus, the king's assistant, to help them, they asked for peace because their country received its food from the king's country.
 \v 21 On a set day Herod dressed himself in royal clothing and sat on a throne; he made a speech to them.
 
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 \v 23 They wrote this: "From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings!
 
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-\v 24 We have heard that certain men have gone out from us, with no orders from us, and have disturbed you with teachings that upset your souls.
-\v 25 This being so, all of us have agreed to choose men and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
+\v 24 Because we have heard that certain men have gone out from us, with no orders from us, and have disturbed you with teachings that upset your souls,
+\v 25 it seemed good to us, who have come to one mind, to choose men and to send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
 \v 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
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-\v 12 But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat;
+\v 12 But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one mind against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat;
 \v 13 they said, "This man persuades people to worship God contrary to the law."
 
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 \v 28 When they heard this, they were filled with anger and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians."
-\v 29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and the people rushed together into the theater. They had seized Paul's travel companions, Gaius and Aristarchus, who came from Macedonia.
+\v 29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and the people rushed with one mind into the theater. They had seized Paul's travel companions, Gaius and Aristarchus, who came from Macedonia.
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 \v 30 Paul wanted to enter in among the crowd of people, but the disciples prevented him.
 \v 31 Also, some of the officials of the province of Asia who were his friends sent him a message strongly requesting him not to enter the theater.