15 “People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless thingso to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.B,p 16 In past generations he allowed all the nationsq to go their own way, 17 although he did not leave himself without a witness,r since he did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasonss and filling you with food and yourC hearts with joy.”