So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

And when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

You know the word which he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all).

Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

But the word of God continued to grow and to be multiplied.

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John as their helper.

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it."

The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

And the word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

So they spent a long time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

This took place for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

Up to this word they listened to him, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he ought not to live."