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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 20, verses 17-38

¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. ¹⁸ And when they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in^k V 16, note 1Asia, how I was with you the whole time, ¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me^l Lit bythrough the plots of the Jews; ²⁰ how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and^m Or in the various private homesfrom house to house, ²¹ solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. ²² And now, behold, bound by theⁿ Or in spiritSpirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³ except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. ²⁴ But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.	17 Act 18:19 Act 11:30 18 Act 18:19 Act 19:1 Act 19:10 Act 20:4 Act 20:16 19 Act 20:3 20 Act 20:27 21 Luk 16:28 Act 18:5 Act 20:23 Act 20:24 Act 2:38 Act 11:18 Act 26:20 Act 24:24 Act 26:18 Eph 1:15 Col 2:5 Pmn 1:5 22 Act 17:16 Act 20:16 23 Act 8:29 Luk 16:28 Act 18:5 Act 20:21 Act 20:24 Act 9:16 Act 21:33 24 Act 21:13 Act 13:25 Ti2 4:7 Act 1:17 Luk 16:28 Act 18:5 Act 20:21 Act 11:23 Act 20:32
²⁵ “And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. ²⁶ Therefore, I^o Or call you to witnesstestify to you this day that I am^p Lit pure frominnocent of the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. ²⁸ Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you^q Or bishopsoverseers, to shepherd the church of God which He^r Lit acquiredpurchased^s Lit throughwith His own blood. ²⁹ I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; ³⁰ and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. ³² And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. ³³ I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes. ³⁴ You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me. ³⁵ In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”	25 Mat 4:23 Act 28:31 26 Act 18:6 27 Act 20:20 Act 13:36 28 Luk 12:32 Joh 21:15-17 Act 20:29 Pe1 5:2 Mat 16:18 Rom 16:16 Co1 10:32 Eph 1:7 Eph 1:14 Tit 2:14 Pe1 1:19 Pe1 2:9 Rev 5:9 29 Eze 22:27 Mat 7:15 Luk 12:32 Joh 21:15-17 Act 20:28 Pe1 5:2 30 Act 11:26 31 Act 19:8 Act 19:10 Act 24:17 Act 20:19 32 Act 14:23 Act 14:3 Act 20:24 Act 9:31 Act 26:18 Eph 1:14 Eph 5:5 Col 1:12 Col 3:24 Heb 9:15 Pe1 1:4 33 Co1 9:4-18 Co2 11:7-12 Co2 12:14-18 Th1 2:5 34 Act 18:3 Act 19:22
³⁶ When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. ³⁷ And^tthey began to weep aloud and^u Lit threw themselves on Paul’s neckembraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, ³⁸ ^v Lit suffering paingrieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.	36 Act 9:40 Act 21:5 Luk 22:41 37 Luk 15:20 38 Act 20:25 Act 15:3


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