Acts 16:16-18

International Standard Version

The Fortune Teller

¹⁶ Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a great deal of money by predicting the future. ¹⁷ She would follow Paul and us and shout, “These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you^[a] a way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her^[b] and told the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah^[c] to come out of her!” And it came out that very moment.^[d]