²⁸Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own Son.^h ²⁹I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰And from among you yourselves men will arise, speaking perversions of the truthⁱ in order to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you^* with tears.

³²“And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you^* up and to give you^* the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. ³³I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing! ³⁴You yourselves know that these hands served to meet^* my needs and the needs of^* those who were with me. ³⁵I have shown you with respect to all things that by^* working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”^j

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Acts 20:28: Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

Footnotes

hOr “through his own blood”; the Greek construction can be taken either way, with “Son” implied if the meaning is “through the blood of his own”
iLiterally “crooked things”
*The words “of you” are not in the Greek text but are implied
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*The words “to meet” are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity
*The words “the needs of” are supplied in keeping with English style to maintain the parallelism with the earlier phrase “my needs”
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“working hard”) which is understood as means
jPerhaps an allusion to Matt 10:8; these exact words are not found in the NT gospels