12 Congregate the people,+ the men and the women and the little ones and your alien resident who is within your gates, in order that they may listen and in order that they may learn,+ as they must fear Jehovah YOUR God+ and take care to carry out all the words of this law.

20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my name,+ there I am in their midst.”+

42 And they continued devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to sharing [with one another],*+ to taking of meals*+ and to prayers.+

8 So there were quite a few lamps in the upper chamber+ where we were gathered together.