Acts:19:1-20

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* And it came to pass , that , while Apollos was at Corinth , Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus : and finding certain disciples , * He said unto them , Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him , We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost . * And he said unto them , Unto what then were ye baptized ? And they said , Unto John 's baptism . * Then said Paul , John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance , saying unto the people , that they should believe on him which should come after him , that is , on Christ Jesus . * When they heard this , they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus . * And when Paul had laid his hands upon them , the Holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake with tongues , and prophesied . * And all the men were about twelve . * And he went into the synagogue , and spake boldly for the space of three months , disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God . * But when divers were hardened , and believed not , but spake evil of that way before the multitude , he departed from them , and separated the disciples , disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus . * And this continued by the space of two years ; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus , both Jews and Greeks . * And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul : * So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons , and the diseases departed from them , and the evil spirits went out of them . * Then certain of the vagabond Jews , exorcists , took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus , saying , We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth . * And there were seven sons of one Sceva , a Jew , and chief of the priests , which did so . * And the evil spirit answered and said , Jesus I know , and Paul I know ; but who are ye ? * And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them , and overcame them , and prevailed against them , so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded . * And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus ; and fear fell on them all , and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified . * And many that believed came , and confessed , and shewed their deeds . * Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together , and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them , and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver . * So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed .

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