Healing of a Man on the Sabbath

14 One Sabbath, ^(A)when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were ^(B)watching him carefully. ² And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. ³ And Jesus responded to ^(C)the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ^(D)“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” ⁴ But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. ⁵ And he said to them, ^(E)“Which of you, having a son^[a] or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” ^6 (F)And they could not reply to these things.

⁴² As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. ⁴³ And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and ^(A)devout ^(B)converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them ^(C)to continue in ^(D)the grace of God.

⁴⁴ The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. ^45 (E)But ^(F)when the Jews^[a] saw the crowds, they were filled with ^(G)jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, ^(H)reviling him. ⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God ^(I)be spoken first to you. ^(J)Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves ^(K)unworthy of eternal life, behold, we ^(L)are turning to the Gentiles. ^47 (M)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and ^(Q)glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

¹⁹ Therefore ^(A)my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who ^(B)turn to God, ²⁰ but should write to them ^(C)to abstain from ^(D)the things polluted by idols, and from ^(E)sexual immorality, and from ^(F)what has been strangled, and from ^(G)blood. ²¹ For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, ^(H)for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”

The Conversion of Lydia

¹¹ So, setting sail from Troas, we ^(A)made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, ¹² and from there to ^(B)Philippi, which is a leading city of the^[a] district of Macedonia and ^(C)a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. ¹³ And ^(D)on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate ^(E)to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we ^(F)sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. ¹⁴ One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, ^(G)who was a worshiper of God. The Lord ^(H)opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. ¹⁵ And after she was baptized, ^(I)and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she ^(J)prevailed upon us.

Paul and Silas in Thessalonica

17 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ^(A)Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. ² And Paul went in, ^(B)as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them ^(C)from the Scriptures, ^3 (D)explaining and proving that it was necessary for ^(E)the Christ to suffer and ^(F)to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” ⁴ And ^(G)some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did ^(H)a great many of the devout ^(I)Greeks and not a few of the leading women.