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"Friends, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
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In past generations he allowed all the nations to follow their own ways;
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yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good—giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filling you with food and your hearts with joy."
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Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
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But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. Then they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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But when the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the city. The next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
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After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, then on to Iconium and Antioch.
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There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God."
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And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.
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Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
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When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.