Acts 14:9-17

⁹This man heard Paul speaking; who, gazing intently on him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

¹⁰said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And he was jumping and walking about.

¹¹And the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have been made like men and have come down to us!”

¹²And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.

¹³And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was before their city, bearing bulls and garlands to the gates, together with the crowds, was desiring to sacrifice to them.

¹⁴But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard this, they tore their garments and rushed in to the crowd, crying out

¹⁵and saying, “Men! Why are you doing these things? We men are of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, that you must turn from these useless things to turn to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them,

¹⁶who in the generations gone by permitted all the Gentiles to walk in their ways.

¹⁷And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, giving to you rain from heaven and fruit-bearing seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”