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And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.