Acts 14:7-17

7 There they preached the Good News.
8 In Lystra there was a crippled man who had been lame from birth and had never been able to walk.
9 He sat there and listened to Paul's words. Paul saw that he believed and could be healed, so he looked straight at him
10 and said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" The man jumped up and started walking around.
11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they started shouting in their own Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"
12 They gave Barnabas the name Zeus, and Paul the name Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
13 The priest of the god Zeus, whose temple stood just outside the town, brought bulls and flowers to the gate, for he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice to the apostles.
14 When Barnabas and Paul heard what they were about to do, they tore their clothes and ran into the middle of the crowd, shouting,
15 "Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them. 1
16 In the past he allowed all people to go their own way.
17 But he has always given evidence of his existence by the good things he does: he gives you rain from heaven and crops at the right times; he gives you food and fills your hearts with happiness."

Cross References 1

  • 1. 14.15Exodus 20.11;Psalms 146.6.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.