Acts 16:18

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Acts 16:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

17 This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

18 She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

20 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

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Acts 14:14

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Mark 1:26

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Mark 1:34

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Acts 19:14

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Acts 19:15

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Acts 19:16

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Acts 19:17

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Mark 9:25

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Mark 9:26

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Luke 10:19

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