¹³ Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And ^(A)seeing signs and ^(B)great miracles^[a] performed, ^(C)he was amazed.

The Sons of Sceva

¹¹ And ^(A)God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

^6 (A)And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him ^(B)and saw the signs that he did. ⁷ For ^(C)unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

²⁰ For ^(A)the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And ^(B)greater works than these will he show him, so that ^(C)you may marvel.

^19 (A)You believe that God is one; you do well. Even ^(B)the demons believe—and shudder! ²⁰ Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? ^21 (C)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that ^(D)faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed ^(E)by his works; ²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, ^(F)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a ^(G)friend of God. ²⁴ You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. ²⁵ And in the same way was not also ^(H)Rahab the prostitute justified by works ^(I)when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? ²⁶ For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

⁴⁴ The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

³⁰ As he was saying these things, ^(A)many believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

³¹ So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ^(B)“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did ^(A)one work, and you all marvel at it.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

²³ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name ^(A)when they saw the signs that he was doing. ²⁴ But Jesus ^(B)on his part did not entrust himself to them, because ^(C)he knew all people ²⁵ and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ^(D)he himself knew what was in man.