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And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.
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She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you [the] way of salvation.
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And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.
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And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the market before the magistrates;
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and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
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and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.
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And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them].
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And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;
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who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.
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And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.
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And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.