Book of Common Prayer

¹⁹ Some of the Jewish leaders from Antioch and Iconium came to Lystra and won the people to their side. They threw stones at Paul. Then they carried him out of the city because they thought he was dead.

²⁰ But as the disciples gathered around him, he got up and they went back into the city. The next day Paul and Barnabas left and went to Derbe.

²¹ They told the good news to the people in Derbe. Many people believed what they taught. Then they went back to Lystra, to Iconium. and to Antioch.

²² They talked to the disciples to help them. They told them to keep on believing. They said, `We must go through much trouble to get into God's kingdom.'

²³ They chose leaders for them in every church. They talked with God and fasted. When they were finished, they gave the leaders over to the Lord's care, because they believed in him.

²⁴ They went through the district of Pisidia to Pamphylia.

²⁵ They told the good news to the people in Perga. Then they went to the town of Attalia.

²⁶ From there they went in a boat to Antioch. It was there that the people had given them over to God's care. They had asked him to bless them in this work. Now they had finished the work.

²⁷ When they reached the city, they called all the church people together. They told them all that God had done for them. They said, `Now God has opened the way to believe for those who are not Jews.'

²⁸ Paul and Barnabas stayed a long time with the disciples at Antioch.

³⁵ In the evening of that day, Jesus said to his disciples, `Let us cross over to the other side of the sea.'

³⁶ The disciples left the people and took Jesus away in the boat he was in. Other little boats were with him.

³⁷ A very strong wind began to blow. Water came in the boat. It began to fill up with water.

³⁸ Jesus was in the back end of the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The disciples woke him up. `Master,' they shouted. `We will die! Do you not care?'

³⁹ Then Jesus got up. He said to the wind and the sea, `Stop!' The wind stopped. Then all was quiet.

⁴⁰ Then he said to the disciples, `Why do you fear? Do you not believe in God?'

⁴¹ The disciples were surprised. They said to each other, `What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him.'