Acts 13:40-46

⁴⁰Beware, therefore, that what is said in the prophets does not come true of you —

⁴¹‘Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days — a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe’.”

⁴²As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people begged for a repetition of this teaching on the next Sabbath.

⁴³After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely on the loving kindness of God.

⁴⁴On the following Sabbath, almost all the city gathered to hear God's message.

⁴⁵But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul's statements in violent language.

⁴⁶Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said: “It was necessary that the message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the eternal life — we turn to the Gentiles!