Acts 14

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1. 1In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke so effectively that a large number of both Jews and Greeks came to believe.
2. 2But the Jews who refused to believe poisoned the minds of the Gentiles and turned them against the brothers.
3. 3So Paul and Barnabas stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
4. 4The people of the city were split — some sided with the Jews, and some sided with the apostles.
5. 5When both the Gentiles and the Jews, along with their leaders, plotted to mistreat and stone them,
6. 6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
7. 7There they continued to preach the gospel.
8. 8In Lystra there was a man sitting who had no strength in his feet — he had been crippled from birth and had never walked.
9. 9This man was listening to Paul speak. Paul looked directly at him and, seeing that he had faith to be healed,
10. 10called out in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And the man leaped up and walked.
11. 11When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, shouting in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"
12. 12They called Barnabas "Jupiter" and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.
13. 13The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifices along with the crowd.
14. 14When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,
15. 15"People, why are you doing this? We are men of the same nature as you, and we are bringing you good news — that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, the sea, and everything in them.
16. 16In past generations, he allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.
17. 17Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
18. 18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowd from offering sacrifices to them.
19. 19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded the crowd. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, supposing he was dead.
20. 20But as the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went back into the city. The next day, he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
21. 21After they had preached the gospel in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, then to Iconium, and then to Antioch,
22. 22strengthening the souls of the disciples, urging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must go through many tribulations to enter the kingdom of God."
23. 23They appointed elders for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
24. 24After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25. 25When they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26. 26From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
27. 27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
28. 28And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.