14:8 In ¹⁰  Lystra ¹¹  sat a man who could not use his feet, ¹²  lame from birth, ¹³  who had never walked. 14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ¹⁴  stared ¹⁵  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, 14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ¹⁶  And the man ¹⁷  leaped up and began walking. ¹⁸  14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted ¹⁹  in the Lycaonian language, ²⁰  “The gods have come down to us in human form!” ²¹  14:12 They began to call ²²  Barnabas Zeus ²³  and Paul Hermes, ²⁴  because he was the chief speaker. 14:13 The priest of the temple ²⁵  of Zeus, ²⁶  located just outside the city, brought bulls ²⁷  and garlands ²⁸  to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ²⁹  14:14 But when the apostles ³⁰  Barnabas and Paul heard about ³¹  it, they tore ³²  their clothes and rushed out ³³  into the crowd, shouting, ³⁴  14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures ³⁵  just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn ³⁶  from these worthless ³⁷  things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, ³⁸  the sea, and everything that is in them. 14:16 In ³⁹  past ⁴⁰  generations he allowed all the nations ⁴¹  to go their own ways, 14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, ⁴²  by giving you rain from heaven ⁴³  and fruitful seasons, satisfying you ⁴⁴  with food and your hearts with joy.” ⁴⁵  14:18 Even by saying ⁴⁶  these things, they scarcely persuaded ⁴⁷  the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

14:19 But Jews came from Antioch ⁴⁸  and Iconium, ⁴⁹  and after winning ⁵⁰  the crowds over, they stoned ⁵¹  Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. 14:20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back ⁵²  into the city. On ⁵³  the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. ⁵⁴ 

14:21 After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, ⁵⁵  to Iconium, ⁵⁶  and to Antioch. ⁵⁷  14:22 They strengthened ⁵⁸  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ⁵⁹  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ⁶⁰  of God through many persecutions.” ⁶¹  14:23 When they had appointed elders ⁶²  for them in the various churches, ⁶³  with prayer and fasting ⁶⁴  they entrusted them to the protection ⁶⁵  of the Lord in whom they had believed.