Acts 3

¹Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer , the ninth hour.

²And a man lame from birth was being carried , whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple .

³Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple , he asked to receive alms .

⁴And Peter directed his gaze at him , as did John , and said , Look at us .

⁵And he fixed his attention on them , expecting to receive something from them .

⁶But Peter said , I have no silver and gold , but what I do have I give to you . In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , rise up and walk !

⁷And he took him by the right hand and raised him up , and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong .

⁸And leaping up he stood and began to walk , and entered the temple with them , walking and leaping and praising God .

⁹And all the people saw him walking and praising God ,

¹⁰and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple , asking for alms . And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him .

¹¹While he clung to Peter and John , all the people , utterly astounded , ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s .

¹²And when Peter saw it he addressed the people : Men of Israel , why do you wonder at this , or why do you stare at us , as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk ?

¹³The God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob , the God of our fathers , glorified his servant Jesus , whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate , when he had decided to release him .

¹⁴But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you ,

¹⁵and you killed the Author of life , whom God raised from the dead . To this we are witnesses .

¹⁶And his name — by faith in his name —has made this man strong whom you see and know , and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all .

¹⁷And now , brothers , I know that you acted in ignorance , as did also your rulers .

¹⁸But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets , that his Christ would suffer , he thus fulfilled .

¹⁹Repent therefore , and turn back , that your sins may be blotted out ,

²⁰that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord , and that he may send the Christ appointed for you , Jesus ,

²¹whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago .

²²Moses said , The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers . You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you .

²³And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people .

²⁴And all the prophets who have spoken , from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days .

²⁵You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers , saying to Abraham , And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed .

²⁶God , having raised up his servant , sent him to you first , to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness .