Acts 16:14-23

¹⁴and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

¹⁵and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

¹⁶And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,

¹⁷she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

¹⁸and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, 'I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.

¹⁹And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew them to the market-place, unto the rulers,

²⁰and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

²¹and they proclaim customs that are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans.'

²²And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,

²³many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,