So the slave went back, and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and squares of the city, and bring the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame in here!'

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen.

"Understand then that this message of God's salvation has been sent to the heathen. They will listen to it!"

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For we have had good news preached to us, just as they did, but the message they heard did them no good because they did not agree through faith with what they heard.

So we see that it was their unbelief that kept them from being admitted to it.

The Scripture foresaw that God would accept the heathen as upright in consequence of their faith, and preached the good news in advance to Abraham in the words, "All the heathen will be blessed through you."

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And who was it to whom God made oath that they should not be admitted to his Rest, if it was not to those who had disobeyed him?

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And he did not do many wonders there, because of their want of faith.