Acts 16:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

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  • Mark 5:7 : 7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
  • Dan 3:26 : 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning and flaming fire: he made answer and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the fire.
  • Dan 6:20 : 20 Then very early in the morning the king got up and went quickly to the lions' hole.
  • Jonah 1:9 : 9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire, so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other god but their God.
  • Luke 4:34 : 34 Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.
  • Luke 4:41 : 41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
  • Luke 20:21 : 21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:
  • Acts 16:30-31 : 30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation? 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.
  • Acts 18:26 : 26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.
  • Acts 19:13 : 13 But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus, 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a great priest over the house of God, 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
  • Gen 14:18-22 : 18 And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine, 19 And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram: 20 And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken. 21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself. 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
  • Ps 57:2 : 2 I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.
  • Ps 78:35 : 35 In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.
  • Mark 12:14 : 14 And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?
  • Luke 1:77 : 77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
  • Dan 4:2 : 2 It has seemed good to me to make clear the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done with me.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
  • Dan 5:21 : 21 And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.
  • Dan 6:16 : 16 Then these men said to the king, Be certain, O King, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no order or law which the king has put into force may be changed.
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it. 14 For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

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    13 And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

    14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

    15 And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

    16 And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

  • Acts 16:28-31
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    28 But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

    29 And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

    30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

    31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

  • Acts 14:14-15
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    14 But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

    15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

  • Acts 14:10-12
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    10 Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.

    11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.

    12 And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.

  • Acts 16:18-20
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    18 And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

    19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

    20 And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

  • Acts 16:9-10
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    9 And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.

    10 And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

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    25 Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.

    26 And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

  • Acts 17:18-19
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    18 And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

    19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

  • Acts 16:38-39
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    38 And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

    39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

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    26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

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    11 But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

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    19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

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    14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

  • Acts 13:7
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    7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

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    28 And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

  • Acts 27:23-24
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    23 For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

    24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

  • Acts 13:15-16
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    15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

    16 And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

  • Acts 16:35
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    35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

  • Acts 28:28
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    28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

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    15 And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

  • Acts 17:22-23
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    22 And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

    23 For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.

  • Acts 19:17
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    17 And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18 And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

  • Acts 13:47
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    47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13 Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

  • Acts 17:34
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    34 But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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    3 Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

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    9 And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

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    22 And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

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    37 For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

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    36 For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!