Acts 13 (NMV)
1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close companion of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
3 Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.
4 So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
5 Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.
6 When they had traveled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named BarJesus.
7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
9 But Saul, also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him
10 and said, "You are full of all deceit and trickery, son of the devil and enemy of everything right! Will you never stop twisting the straight paths of the Lord?
11 Now, look, the Lord's hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and for a time you will not even see the light of the sun." Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
12 Then when he saw what had happened, the proconsul believed, deeply amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
13 Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
14 They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
15 After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you may speak."
16 Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said: "Fellow Israelites and you who fear God, listen!
17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm He led them out of it.
18 And for about forty years He endured them in the wilderness.
19 After destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
20 All this took about 450 years. After that, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
22 After removing him, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after My own heart, who will do everything I want him to do.'
23 From this man's descendants, as He promised, God brought to Israel the Savior, Jesus.
24 Before His coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of turning from one's former ways to all the people of Israel.
25 Now as John was finishing his mission, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But look, someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.'
26 Brothers and sisters, children of Abraham's race and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the message of this salvation has been sent.
27 Since the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Him or the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they fulfilled those words by condemning Him.
28 Though they found no grounds for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
29 When they had carried out everything that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
30 But God raised Him from the dead,
31 and He appeared for many days to those who had come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.
32 And we proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.
33 God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm: 'You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.'
34 As to His raising Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and faithful promises made to David.'
35 Therefore He also says in another passage: 'You will not let Your Holy One see decay.'
36 For David, after serving God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his ancestors, and decayed.
37 But the One God raised up did not experience decay.
38 Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers and sisters, that through this man forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you.
39 Everyone who believes is made right with God through Him from everything you could not be made right from by the Law of Moses.
40 So beware, that what is said in the prophets does not happen to you:
41 Look, you scoffers, marvel and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you will never believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.'"
42 As they were leaving, the people urged them to speak about these matters again the next Sabbath.
43 After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.
44 The following Sabbath, almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what Paul was saying, insulting him.
46 Paul and Barnabas boldly declared, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, look, we are turning to the Gentiles [non-Jews]!
47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and honored the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed to eternal life believed.
49 The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.
50 But the Jews stirred up the prominent women who worshiped God and the leading men of the city. They incited persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their region.
51 But Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet against them and went to Iconium.
52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.