⁸ Therefore produce fruit^(A) consistent with^[a] repentance.

⁸ Therefore produce fruit^(A) consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’^(B) for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

¹⁹ And after taking some food, he regained his strength.^(A)

Saul Proclaiming the Messiah

Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some time. ²⁰ Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: “He is the Son of God.”^(B)

⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.^(A)

¹⁷ “After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance^{(A) 18} and saw him telling me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

¹⁹ “But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in you imprisoned and beaten.^{(B) 20} And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I stood there giving approval^[a] and guarding the clothes of those who killed him.’^(C)