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And he entered5the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for threemonths, reasoning and persuading them 6about the kingdom of God.
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But when7some were becominghardened and disobedient, speakingevil of 8the Waybefore the people, he withdrew from them and tookaway9the disciples, reasoningdaily* in the school of Tyrannus.
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Thistookplace for 10twoyears, so that all who lived in 11Asiaheard12the word of the Lord, bothJews and Greeks.
Miracles at Ephesus
11God was performing13extraordinarymiracles by the hands of Paul,
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14so that handkerchiefsoraprons were evencarried from his body to the sick, and the diseasesleft them and 15the evilspiritswent out.
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But alsosome of the Jewish16exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to nameoverthose who had the evilspirits the name of the LordJesus, saying, "I adjure you by JesuswhomPaulpreaches."
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Sevensons of oneSceva, a Jewishchiefpriest, were doingthis.
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And the evilspiritanswered and said to them, "I recognizeJesus, and I knowaboutPaul, but who are you?"