Acts:14:8-21

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* At Lystra a certain man sat , impotent in his feet , a cripple from his mother 's womb , who never had walked . * He was listening to Paul speaking , who , fastening eyes on him , and seeing that he had faith to be made whole , * said with a loud voice , "Stand upright on your feet !" He leaped up and walked . * When the multitude saw what Paul had done , they lifted up their voice , saying in the language of Lycaonia , "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men !" * They called Barnabas "Jupiter ," and Paul "Mercury ," because he was the chief speaker . * The priest of Jupiter , whose temple was in front of their city , brought oxen and garlands to the gates , and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes . * But when the apostles , Barnabas and Paul , heard of it , they tore their clothes , and sprang into the multitude , crying out , * "Men , why are you doing these things ? We also are men of like passions with you , and bring you good news , that you should turn from these vain things to the living God , who made the sky and the earth and the sea , and all that is in them ; * who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways . * Yet he didn 't leave himself without witness , in that he did good and gave you {TR reads "us " instead of "you "} rains from the sky and fruitful seasons , filling our hearts with food and gladness ." * Even saying these things , they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them . * But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there , and having persuaded the multitudes , they stoned Paul , and dragged him out of the city , supposing that he was dead . * But as the disciples stood around him , he rose up , and entered into the city . On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe . * When they had preached the Good News to that city , and had made many disciples , they returned to Lystra , Iconium , and Antioch ,

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