15:12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
15:13 When they finished, James spoke up: "Brothers, listen to me.
15:14 Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself.
15:15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
15:16 " 'After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
15:17 that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things'
15:18 that have been known for ages.
15:19 "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
15:20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.
15:21 For Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."