Acts:14

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* It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews , and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed . * But the disbelieving {or , disobedient } Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers . * Therefore they stayed there a long time , speaking boldly in the Lord , who testified to the word of his grace , granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands . * But the multitude of the city was divided . Part sided with the Jews , and part with the apostles . * When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews , with their rulers , made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them , * they became aware of it , and fled to the cities of Lycaonia , Lystra , Derbe , and the surrounding region . * There they preached the Good News . * 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 , * confirming the souls of the disciples , exhorting them to continue in the faith , and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God . * When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly , and had prayed with fasting , they commended them to the Lord , on whom they had believed . * They passed through Pisidia , and came to Pamphylia . * When they had spoken the word in Perga , they went down to Attalia . * From there they sailed to Antioch , from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled . * When they had arrived , and had gathered the assembly together , they reported all the things that God had done with them , and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations . * They stayed there with the disciples for a long time .

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