Acts 16:9-19

9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

10 And when Paul^[a] had seen the vision, immediately ¹we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

The Conversion of Lydia

11 So, setting sail from Troas, we ²made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis,

12 and from there to ³Philippi, which is a leading city of the^[b] district of Macedonia and ⁴a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.

13 And ⁵on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate ⁶to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we ⁷sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, ⁸who was a worshiper of God. The Lord ⁹opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

15 And after she was baptized, ¹⁰and her household as well, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." And she ¹¹prevailed upon us.

Paul and Silas in Prison

16 As we were going to ¹²the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had ¹³a spirit of ¹⁴divination and ¹⁵brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.

17 She followed Paul and us, ¹⁶crying out, "These men are ¹⁷servants^[c] of ¹⁸the Most High God, who proclaim to you ¹⁹the way of salvation."

18 And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, ²⁰"I command you ²¹in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And ²²it came out that very hour.

19 But ²³when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and ²⁴dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.