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1 The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks became believers.
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Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
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But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.
3 So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through them.
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So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the residents of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
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But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.
5 And when an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,
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And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,
6 the apostles learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country;
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Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:
7 and there they continued proclaiming the good news.
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And went on preaching the good news there.
8 In Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet and had never walked, for he had been crippled from birth.
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And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.
9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. And Paul, looking at him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
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This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
10 said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And the man sprang up and began to walk.
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Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.
11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"
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And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.
12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.
13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice.
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And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people.
14 When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,
15 "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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Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:
16 In past generations he allowed all the nations to follow their own ways;
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Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.
17 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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But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.
18 Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
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And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.
19 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 some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
20 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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But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 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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And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,
22 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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Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
23 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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And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
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And they went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
25 When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
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And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.
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And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.
27 When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
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And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
28 And they stayed there with the disciples for some time.
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And they were with the disciples there for a long time.
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