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Acts 11:8
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6 When I observed it intently and considered, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
8 But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’
9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’
10 Now this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 At that very moment, three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.
12 Then athe Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover bthese six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.  
Verse Comparison: Acts 11:8

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American Standard Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

Amplified® Bible
But I said, No, by no means, Lord; for nothing common {or} unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean has ever entered my mouth.

Contemporary English Version
But I said, "Lord, I can't do that! I've never taken a bite of anything that is unclean and not fit to eat."

Darby English Version
And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

Good News Bible
But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord! No ritually unclean or defiled food has ever entered my mouth.'

International Standard Version
But I replied, 'Absolutely not, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

King James Version
But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

New American Standard Bible
"But I said, `By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

New International Version
"I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

New King James Version
But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

Young's Literal Translation
and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;


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