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Acts 14:7–9

and there they continued to preach the gospel.

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was ncrippled from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and oseeing that he had faith to be made well,2

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Acts 14:7–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

where they continued to preach the gospel.

In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed

Acts 14:7–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And there they preached the gospel.

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:7–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

And there they preached the Good News.

While they were at Lystra, Paul and Barnabas came upon a man with crippled feet. He had been that way from birth, so he had never walked. He was sitting and listening as Paul preached. Looking straight at him, Paul realized he had faith to be healed.

Acts 14:7–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And they were preaching the gospel there.

And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:7–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

They announced the Good News there, too.

In Lystra there sat a man who had been born crippled; he had never walked. As this man was listening to Paul speak, Paul looked straight at him and saw that he believed God could heal him.

Acts 14:7–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

and there they preached the gospel.

And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked. The same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening his eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

Acts 14:7–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

and there they were announcing the glad tidings.

And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, being lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:7–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

They spread the Good News there. 

A man who was born lame was in Lystra. He was always sitting because he had never been able to walk. He listened to what Paul was saying. Paul observed him closely and saw that the man believed he could be made well.

Acts 14:7–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

And there they kept evangelizing.

In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth, and who had never walked, sat and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:7–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

and there they continued proclaiming the good news.

In Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet and had never walked, for he had been crippled from birth. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. And Paul, looking at him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:7–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And there they were continuing to proclaim the good news.

And in Lystra a certain man was sitting powerless in his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked. This man listened while Paul was speaking. Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:7–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

There they continued to preach the good news.

In Lystra there sat a man who couldn’t walk. He hadn’t been able to use his feet since the day he was born. He listened as Paul spoke. Paul looked right at him. He saw that the man had faith to be healed.

Acts 14:7–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

and there they continued to preach the gospel.

At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well,


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