Acts 8:8
And there was much joy in that town.
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Isaiah 35:1
The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
Isaiah 55:12
For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
Acts 2:47
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
Acts 20:24
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:9
And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Philippians 4:4
Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.
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Acts 8:14
Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;
Acts 8:15
Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:
Acts 8:16
For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 8:17
Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.
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Acts 8:26
But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.
Acts 8:27
And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;
Acts 8:28
He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.
Acts 8:30
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
Acts 8:31
And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
Acts 8:32
Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:
Acts 8:33
Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.
Acts 8:34
And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?
Acts 8:35
So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.
Acts 8:36
And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?
Acts 8:38
And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.
Acts 8:40
But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.
Acts 16:33
And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.
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