1. The apostles and the believers all through Judea heard that people who were not Jews had also received God's word.
2. Peter went up to Jerusalem. There the Jewish believers found fault with him.
3. They said, "You went into the house of those who aren't Jews. You ate with them."
4. Peter explained everything to them. He told them exactly what had happened.
5. "I was in the city of Joppa praying," he said. "There I had a vision. I saw something that looked like a large sheet. It was being let down from heaven by its four corners. It came down to where I was.
6. I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth. There were also wild animals, reptiles and birds.
7. Then I heard a voice speaking to me. 'Get up, Peter,' the voice said. 'Kill and eat.'
8. "I replied, 'No, Lord! I will not! Nothing that is not pure and "clean" has ever entered my mouth.'