¹⁷ And this became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was exalted. ¹⁸ And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices, ¹⁹ and many of those who practiced magic brought together their^[a] books and^[b] burned them^[c] up in the sight of everyone. And they counted up their value and found it was fifty thousand silver coins.^{[d] 20} In this way the word of the Lord was growing in power and was prevailing.