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1The same thing happened at Spirit Village (Iconium) . Small Man (Paul) and Son of Comfort (Barnabas) went to the local tribal gathering house and spoke with such powerful words that many Tribal Members and Wisdom Seekers (Greeks) put their trust in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) .
2But the Tribal Members who did not believe poisoned the minds of the people from Outside Nations and turned them against their new family members.
3So the message bearers, Small Man (Paul) and Son of Comfort (Barnabas) , remained there a long time and spoke with boldness about our Honored Chief. Through their hands Creator did many wonderful and powerful signs, confirming the message of the gift of his great kindness.
4But the people of Spirit Village (Iconium) were split apart. Some stood with the Tribal Members and some with the message bearers.
5-6But when the message bearers heard that some of the Tribal Members and Outsiders, along with their rulers, were planning to harm them and even stone them to death, they fled for safety. They went to the villages of She Wolf (Lycaonia) , Set Free (Lystra) , Hide Tanner (Derbe) , and their surrounding territories.
7And everywhere they went they told the good story.
8Now in the village of Set Free (Lystra) sat a man who was born with bad feet and unable to walk.
9He sat listening as Small Man (Paul) was speaking. Small Man (Paul) looked closely at the man and saw that he had faith to be healed.
10“Stand up on your feet!” he said with a loud voice.
The man jumped to his feet and began walking.
11When the crowd of people saw what Small Man (Paul) had done, they all began to shout in their local language, “Powerful spirits have come down to us in the form of human beings!”[#14:11 Lit. gods]
12Son of Comfort (Barnabas) they called Skyfather (Zeus) , and Small Man (Paul) they called High Messenger (Hermes) because he was the chief speaker.
13The sacred lodge of Skyfather (Zeus) was at the village gate, and the holy man of the lodge, along with the people, brought out cattle wearing ceremonial wreaths to make an offering to Small Man (Paul) and Son of Comfort (Barnabas) .
14When the two message bearers heard what was happening, in humble desperation they tore their clothes and rushed out to the center of the crowd.
15“Friends!” they shouted. “Why are you doing this? We are only weak two-leggeds like yourselves. We came to tell you the good story so you would turn away from these empty ways and turn to the Great Spirit, who is the maker of the sky, the earth, the great waters, and everything in them.
16In past generations he permitted all nations to walk in their own ways,
17yet in his goodness he gave each of us signs of his existence. He gave us rain from the sky above and seasons of harvest to feed us and make our hearts glad.”
18Even these words barely kept the people from sacrificing an offering to them.
19But some Tribal Members from Stands Against (Antioch) and Spirit Village (Iconium) came and caused people to listen to their lies and turned them against Small Man (Paul) . They threw stones at him and dragged him outside the village, thinking he was dead.
20But when some followers gathered around him, he got up and returned to the village. The next day he and Son of Comfort (Barnabas) left to go to the village of Hide Tanner (Derbe) .
21After telling the good story in that village and making many new followers, they made their way back through the village of Set Free (Lystra) , then on to Spirit Village (Iconium) , and back to Stands Against (Antioch) , where they began their journeys .
22On the way they strengthened the hearts of the new followers, telling them to stand tall as they walked this path of trusting.
“Following Creator’s good road to the end,” they counseled them, “is a difficult path with many hardships.”
23They chose elders to watch over every sacred family gathering. After praying and going without food, they dedicated them to our Honored Chief in whom they had put their trust.
24On their journey they walked back through the territory of Tree Sap (Pisidia) and Many Tribes (Pamphylia) .
25There in Earth Village (Perga) they told the good story to the people before traveling on to the village of Grows More (Attalia) .
26From there they traveled by water to Stands Against (Antioch) , where, by Creator’s great kindness, they had been sent out on this journey that was now complete.
27After arriving, they gathered the sacred family together and told the story of all that Creator had done among them, about how he had opened a pathway of faith for all Nations.
28And they remained there with the sacred family for a long time.