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It happened that as we were going to 1the place of prayer, a slave-girlhaving2a spirit of divinationmet us, who was bringing her mastersmuchprofit by fortune-telling.
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FollowingafterPaul and us, she kept crying out, saying, "Thesemen are bond-servants of 3the MostHighGod, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
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She continued doingthis for manydays. But Paul was greatlyannoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you 4in the name of JesusChrist to come out of her!" And it came out at that verymoment.
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But when her masterssaw that their hope of 5profit was gone, they seized6Paul and Silas and 7dragged them into the marketplacebefore the authorities,