⁶ When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.

⁴¹ And because of his words many more became believers.

⁴² They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”^(A)

⁴⁴ On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

¹⁵ Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’^(A)

¹⁶ “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”^(B)

¹² Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity^(A) of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.