Acts 7:50

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Acts 7:48–52 · Berean Standard Bible

48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

49 ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?

50 Has not My hand made all these things?’

51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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