⁵ There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews,^(A) together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.^{(B) 6} But they found out about it and fled^(C) to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, ⁷ where they continued to preach^(D) the gospel.^(E)

In Lystra and Derbe

⁸ In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth^(F) and had never walked. ⁹ He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed^{(G) 10} and called out, “Stand up on your feet!”^(H) At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.^(I)

¹¹ When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”^{(J) 12} Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.^{(K) 13} The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

¹⁴ But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes^(L) and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: ¹⁵ “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human,^(M) like you. We are bringing you good news,^(N) telling you to turn from these worthless things^(O) to the living God,^(P) who made the heavens and the earth^(Q) and the sea and everything in them.^{(R) 16} In the past, he let^(S) all nations go their own way.^{(T) 17} Yet he has not left himself without testimony:^(U) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;^(V) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”^{(W) 18} Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.

²¹ Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.^(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,^(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

²² Then Judas^(C) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”^(D)

²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.^(E) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.^{(F) 24} Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.^(G)

²⁵ “All this I have spoken while still with you. ²⁶ But the Advocate,^(H) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,^(I) will teach you all things^(J) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.^(K)