^{26 Ref} Therefore I testify to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men,

^{27 Ref} for I didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

^{28 Ref} Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and{TR, NU omit "the Lord and"} God which he purchased with his own blood.

^{29 Ref} For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.