⁴⁴ On the next Sabbath day, almost all the people in the city came to hear the word of the Lord. ⁴⁵ Seeing the crowd, the Jews became very jealous. They said insulting things and argued against what Paul said. ⁴⁶ But Paul and Barnabas spoke very boldly. They said, “We must speak the message of God to you first. But you refuse to listen. You are judging yourselves not worthy of having eternal life! So we will now go to the people of other nations!