Paul Turns to the Gentiles

⁴⁴ The next ^(A)Sabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of ^[a]the Lord. ⁴⁵ But when ^(B)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ^[b]blaspheming. ⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^(C)first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^(D)we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the Lord has commanded us,

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(G)the word of ^[e]the Lord; and all who ^(H)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹ And ^(I)the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But ^(J)the Jews incited the ^[f](K)devout women ^(L)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[g]region. ⁵¹ But ^(M)they shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to ^(N)Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were continually ^(O)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.