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And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
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Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach the Word in Asia.
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After they had come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit suffered permit not.
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And passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
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And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: there stood a man of Macedonia beseeching him, saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
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And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Gospel unto them.
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Therefore casting loose from Troas we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day Neapolis,
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and from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony. And we stayed in that city a number of days.
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And on the Sabbath, we went out of the city by a riverside where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down and spoke unto the women who resorted thither.
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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us; and the Lord opened her heart to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.
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And when she was baptized with her household, she besought us, saying, "If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there." And she constrained us.
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And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed by a spirit of divination met us. She had brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.
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The same followed Paul and us, crying out and saying, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who show unto us the way of salvation."
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And this she did many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, "I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And he came out that same hour.
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And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they caught Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
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and brought them to the magistrates, saying, "These men, being Jews, trouble our city exceedingly,
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and teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive nor to observe, being Romans."
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And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates rent off their clothes and commanded that they be beaten.