Acts 15:37-40

³⁷Barnabas said, “Yes. And let’s take John Mark with us.”

³⁸But Paul didn’t think that was a good idea. He said, “John Mark went with us before, but he didn’t stay with us. In Pamphylia country he left us and went home.”

³⁹Paul and Barnabas didn’t agree with each other about Mark, and they had a big argument. They got very upset with each other, so they each went a different way. Barnabas and John Mark got on a ship and went to the island called Cyprus.

⁴⁰But Paul picked Silas to go with him. The Antioch Christians asked God to look after Paul and Silas, then those 2 men left there and went through Syria and Cilicia countries. In every place Paul talked to the Christians and helped them to be strong for Jesus.