Acts 16

15 Ref And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

16 Ref And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

17 Ref She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

18 Ref And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

19 Ref But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

20 Ref And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

21 Ref Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

22 Ref And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

23 Ref And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

24 Ref And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

25 Ref But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

26 Ref And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

27 Ref And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

28 Ref But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

29 Ref And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

30 Ref And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

31 Ref And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

32 Ref And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

33 Ref And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

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