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And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.
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She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.
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And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.
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But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;
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And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;
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Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
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And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.
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And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
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And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
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But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;
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And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.