14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium¹ when Paul and Barnabas² went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group³ of both Jews and Greeks believed. 14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe⁴ stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds⁵ against the brothers. 14:3 So they stayed there⁶ for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified⁷ to the message⁸ of his grace, granting miraculous signs⁹ and wonders to be performed through their hands. 14:4 But the population¹⁰ of the city was divided; some¹¹ sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. 14:5 When an attempt was made¹² by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat¹³ them and stone them,¹⁴ 14:6 Paul and Barnabas¹⁵ learned about it¹⁶ and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra¹⁷ and Derbe¹⁸ and the surrounding region. 14:7 There¹⁹ they continued to proclaim²⁰ the good news.

14:8 In²¹ Lystra²² sat a man who could not use his feet,²³ lame from birth,²⁴ who had never walked. 14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul²⁵ stared²⁶ intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, 14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.”²⁷ And the man²⁸ leaped up and began walking.²⁹ 14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted³⁰ in the Lycaonian language,³¹ “The gods have come down to us in human form!”³² 14:12 They began to call³³ Barnabas Zeus³⁴ and Paul Hermes,³⁵ because he was the chief speaker. 14:13 The priest of the temple³⁶ of Zeus,³⁷ located just outside the city, brought bulls³⁸ and garlands³⁹ to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.⁴⁰ 14:14 But when the apostles⁴¹ Barnabas and Paul heard about⁴² it, they tore⁴³ their clothes and rushed out⁴⁴ into the crowd, shouting,⁴⁵ 14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures⁴⁶ just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn⁴⁷ from these worthless⁴⁸ things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth,⁴⁹ the sea, and everything that is in them. 14:16 In⁵⁰ past⁵¹ generations he allowed all the nations⁵² to go their own ways, 14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good,⁵³ by giving you rain from heaven⁵⁴ and fruitful seasons, satisfying you⁵⁵ with food and your hearts with joy.”⁵⁶ 14:18 Even by saying⁵⁷ these things, they scarcely persuaded⁵⁸ the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

14:19 But Jews came from Antioch⁵⁹ and Iconium,⁶⁰ and after winning⁶¹ the crowds over, they stoned⁶² Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. 14:20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back⁶³ into the city. On⁶⁴ the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.⁶⁵

14:21 After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra,⁶⁶ to Iconium,⁶⁷ and to Antioch.⁶⁸ 14:22 They strengthened⁶⁹ the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue⁷⁰ in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom⁷¹ of God through many persecutions.”⁷² 14:23 When they had appointed elders⁷³ for them in the various churches,⁷⁴ with prayer and fasting⁷⁵ they entrusted them to the protection⁷⁶ of the Lord in whom they had believed. 14:24 Then they passed through⁷⁷ Pisidia and came into Pamphylia,⁷⁸ 14:25 and when they had spoken the word⁷⁹ in Perga,⁸⁰ they went down to Attalia.⁸¹ 14:26 From there they sailed back to Antioch,⁸² where they had been commended⁸³ to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.⁸⁴ 14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported⁸⁵ all the things God⁸⁶ had done with them, and that he had opened a door⁸⁷ of faith for the Gentiles. 14:28 So they spent⁸⁸ considerable⁸⁹ time with the disciples.