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Acts 15:38

“But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.”

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³⁶Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

³⁷Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

³⁸But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

³⁹Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

⁴⁰But Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

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