Acts 16:17

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

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KJV

King James Version

The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

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WEB

World English Bible

Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

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ASV

American Standard Version

The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

She, having followed after Paul and us, was crying out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you⁺ [the] way of salvation!”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 16

¹⁵ And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

¹⁶ One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

¹⁷ This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

¹⁸ She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

¹⁹ When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

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