Acts 28:22-31

²²But we think it proper to hear from thee what thou thinkest; for with regard to this sect, we know that it is everywhere spoken against.

²³And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging; to whom he expounded, and earnestly testified, the kingdom of God, endeavoring to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the Law of Moses, and from the Prophets, from morning till evening.

²⁴And some believed the things spoken, and some believed not.

²⁵So, disagreeing with one another, they took their departure, after Paul had spoken one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,

²⁶saying, “Go to this people, and say, 'Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.

²⁷For the heart of this people hath become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn from their ways, and I should heal them.'”

²⁸Be it therefore known to you, that to the gentiles this salvation of God hath been sent; they, moreover, will hear.

³⁰And he abode two whole years in his own hired house and gladly received all that came in to him,

³¹proclaiming the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, without hindrance from any one.