Acts 16:16–24

¹⁶And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying. ¹⁷She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation. ¹⁸And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour. ¹⁹And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates; ²⁰and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews, ²¹and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans. ²²And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them. ²³And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely; ²⁴who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.