A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

After the crippled man had been cured, while Peter and John were still speaking to the people,

the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and the Sadducees

confronted them, disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection

of the dead. They laid hands on Peter and John and put them in custody until the next day,

since it was already evening. But many of those who

heard the word of the Lord came to believe, and the number of men grew to about 5,000. The next day,

their leaders, elders, and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem with anis the high priest

Caiaphas John Alexander and all who are the high high priest class they brought

them into their presence and questioned them by what power or by what name have

you done this then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them.

Leaders of the people and elders, if we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple,

namely, by what means he was saved, then all of you and all the people of Israel should know

that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean, whom you crucified, whom God raised

from the dead.

In his name, this man stands before you healed. He is the stone rejected by you, the elders, which has become the

cornerstone. There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven

given to the human race by which we are to be saved.

The word of the Lord.

The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.

The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.

Give thanks for the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.

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