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16 Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction and made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.
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Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
17 As she followed Paul and us she cried out, "These men are the slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
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She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.”
18 And she did this for many days. But Paul was greatly aggravated, and turning to the spirit, said, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out right away.
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She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.
19 When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.
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When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.
20 And bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews,
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They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
21 and are promoting customs that are not legal for us as Romans to adopt or practice."
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by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”
22 Then the mob joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
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The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.
23 After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded.
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After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
24 Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
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When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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