20:13 We went on ahead ¹  to the ship and put out to sea ²  for Assos, ³  intending ⁴  to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. ⁵  He ⁶  himself was intending ⁷  to go there by land. ⁸  20:14 When he met us in Assos, ⁹  we took him aboard ¹⁰  and went to Mitylene. ¹¹  20:15 We set sail ¹²  from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. ¹³  The next day we approached ¹⁴  Samos, ¹⁵  and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. ¹⁶  20:16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus ¹⁷  so as not to spend time ¹⁸  in the province of Asia, ¹⁹  for he was hurrying ²⁰  to arrive in Jerusalem, ²¹  if possible, ²²  by the day of Pentecost. 20:17 From Miletus ²³  he sent a message ²⁴  to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him. ²⁵ 

20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived ²⁶  the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot ²⁷  in the province of Asia, ²⁸  20:19 serving the Lord with all humility ²⁹  and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots ³⁰  of the Jews. 20:20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming ³¹  to you anything that would be helpful, ³²  and from teaching you publicly ³³  and from house to house, 20:21 testifying ³⁴  to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. ³⁵  20:22 And now, ³⁶  compelled ³⁷  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ³⁸  without knowing what will happen to me there, ³⁹  20:23 except ⁴⁰  that the Holy Spirit warns ⁴¹  me in town after town ⁴²  that ⁴³  imprisonment ⁴⁴  and persecutions ⁴⁵  are waiting for me. 20:24 But I do not consider my life ⁴⁶  worth anything ⁴⁷  to myself, so that ⁴⁸  I may finish my task ⁴⁹  and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news ⁵⁰  of God’s grace.

20:25 “And now ⁵¹  I know that none ⁵²  of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom ⁵³  will see me ⁵⁴  again. 20:26 Therefore I declare ⁵⁵  to you today that I am innocent ⁵⁶  of the blood of you all. ⁵⁷  20:27 For I did not hold back from ⁵⁸  announcing ⁵⁹  to you the whole purpose ⁶⁰  of God. 20:28 Watch out for ⁶¹  yourselves and for all the flock of which ⁶²  the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, ⁶³  to shepherd the church of God ⁶⁴  that he obtained ⁶⁵  with the blood of his own Son. ⁶⁶  20:29 I know that after I am gone ⁶⁷  fierce wolves ⁶⁸  will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 20:30 Even from among your own group ⁶⁹  men ⁷⁰  will arise, teaching perversions of the truth ⁷¹  to draw the disciples away after them. 20:31 Therefore be alert, ⁷²  remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning ⁷³  each one of you with tears. 20:32 And now I entrust ⁷⁴  you to God and to the message ⁷⁵  of his grace. This message ⁷⁶  is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 20:33 I have desired ⁷⁷  no one’s silver or gold or clothing. 20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine ⁷⁸  provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.