Acts 2:12–21

¹²They were all amazed and confused, asking each other, “What does this mean?”

¹³But others were making fun of them, saying, “They have had too much wine.”

Peter Speaks to the People

¹⁴But Peter stood up with the eleven apostles, and in a loud voice he spoke to the crowd: “My fellow Jews, and all of you who are in Jerusalem, listen to me. Pay attention to what I have to say. ¹⁵These people are not drunk, as you think; it is only nine o’clock in the morning! ¹⁶But Joel the prophet wrote about what is happening here today:

¹⁷‘God says: In the last days

I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy.

Your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

¹⁸At that time I will pour out my Spirit

also on my male slaves and female slaves,

and they will prophesy.

¹⁹I will show miracles

in the sky and on the earth:

blood, fire, and thick smoke.

²⁰The sun will become dark,

the moon red as blood,

before the overwhelming and glorious day of the Lord will come.

²¹Then anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.’