Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹¹ And God was doing not the ordinary^[a] miracles by the hands of Paul— ¹² so that handkerchiefs or aprons^[b] were even being carried-forth^[c] from his skin to the ones being sick, and the diseases were being released from them, and the evil spirits were going out.

Even Some Non-Believing Priests Tried To Utilize Paul’s Power

¹³ And even some of the Jewish exorcists^[d] going-around attempted to name the name of the Lord Jesus over the ones having the evil spirits, saying, “I make you swear^[e] by the Jesus Whom Paul is proclaiming”. ¹⁴ Now there were seven sons of a certain Sceva^[f], a Jewish chief priest, doing this. ¹⁵ But having responded, the evil spirit said to them, “I know Jesus and know-about Paul, but who are you?” ¹⁶ And the man in whom was the evil spirit— having leaped on them, having subdued^[g] all^[h] of them— prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and having been wounded. ¹⁷ And this became known to all the ones dwelling-in Ephesus— both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all.

Jesus Was Being Magnified And The Word of The Lord Was Prevailing

¹⁸ And the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. And many of the ones having believed were coming, confessing-out^[i] and declaring^[j] their [evil] practices. ¹⁹ And many of the ones having practiced sorceries, having brought-together their books, were burning them up in the presence of everyone. And they calculated-up the prices of them, and found it to be fifty thousand silver-coins^[k]. ²⁰ Thus in accordance with the might^[l] of the Lord, the word was growing and prevailing.