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.'