And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

The people therefore, that stood by, and heard {it}, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

Then said Pilate to the chief priests and {to} the people, I find no fault in this man.

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

And he said to David, Thou {art} more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? {it is} hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined {him} before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as {he did} unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let {him} go.

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

[{A Psalm} of David.] Plead {my cause}, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, {afore...: or, a little before}

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

And he said unto them, The LORD {is} witness against you, and his anointed {is} witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, {He is} witness.

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man {is} not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all {men}, apt to teach, patient, {patient: or, forbearing}

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?