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And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this.
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But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know: and Paul I know. But who are you?
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And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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And this became known to all the Jews and the Gentiles that dwelt a Ephesus. And fear fell on them all: and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
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And many of them that believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds
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And many of them who had followed curious arts brought together their books and burnt them before all. And, counting the price of them, they found the money to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
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So mightily grew the word of God and was confirmed.
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And when these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying: After I have been there, I must see Rome also.
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And sending into Macedonia two of them that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself remained for a time in Asia.
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Now at that time there arose no small disturbance about the way of the Lord.
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For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver temples for Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen.