Don’t you have your own homes to eat and drink in? Or do you think so little of God’s church that you’re prepared to humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? Certainly not about this!
You’ve even failed to pay the workers who brought in your hay, and the money you owe them is now crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered your harvest have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
Would you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes? Would you tell him, “Here’s a good seat for you”? But would you say to the poor man, “You can stand over there,” or, “Sit on the floor by my feet”?
But they didn’t find them there, so they dragged Jason and some of the other believers to the city officials. “Those men who’ve upset the entire world have now come here!” they shouted.
But the Jewish leaders stirred up some important Gentile women who attended the synagogue. They also stirred up some men who were leaders in the city. They got all these people to oppose and attack Paul and Barnabas, and they threw the two men out of that area. But