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In Lystra a man was sitting whose feet were incapacitated. He had been disabled from his mother's womb, and had never walked.

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul looked at him intently and saw that he had faith to be made well,

The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

and he said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And the man leaped up and began to walk.

Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"

And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, since he was the chief speaker.

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

Moreover, the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men, of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these useless things to a living God, who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM.

And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

"In past generations He permitted all the nations to go their own ways;

Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

And even by saying these things, only with difficulty did they restrain the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.