gladly: Acts 2:37, Acts 8:6-8, Acts 13:48, Acts 16:31-34; Matthew 13:44-46; Galatians 4:14-15; 1 Thessalonians 1:6
were baptized: Acts 2:38
added: Acts 2:47, Acts 1:15, Acts 4:4; Psalms 72:16-17, Psalms 110:3; Luke 5:5-7; John 14:12
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Acts 2:41
Acts 2:41
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