Acts 11:1-10

1Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying,

3"You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."

4But Peter began and explained it to them in order:

5"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.

6Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.

7And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.'

8But I said, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

9But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has made clean, do not call common.'

10This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.